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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fogg and his party do when they reach New York?

2. How long does Fogg have to spare before appearing in the salon?

3. Who was the punch during the riot intended for?

4. When did Fogg make it half way around the world?

5. Who goes to see why the train has stopped a second time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impression are Fogg and his party left with of Salt Lake City and the Mormon people?

2. What happens to Fogg as soon as he is back on British soil in Liverpool? How does he feel about this challenge?

3. What do Fogg's friends at the Reform Club plan to do if he does not show up on time? What do they believe Fogg may do?

4. What event disrupts both Fogg and Colonel Proctor's business and Fogg's journey? What happens as a result?

5. What does Passepartout share with Fogg and Aouda about his experience in the tavern? How does Fogg respond to Passepartout's story?

6. How does Fogg react to the train passenger's disappearance? What does this say about the changes in his character?

7. How is it possible Fogg and Passepartout arrived back in London with 24 hours to spare and neither of them knew it? Did Jules Verne give any indication this could happen?

8. Much to the readers surprise, at the end of Chapter 36, Fogg enters the Reform Club salon, winning the wager. How was this possible?

9. When Fix sees Fogg and Aouda in San Francisco, he acts as though he has not seen them since Yokohama. Why? How does he resolve this issue?

10. What happens within the first twelve hours Fogg and his traveling party are on board the Henrietta? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fix immediately arrests Fogg as soon as he is back on British soil. What does this quick action mean for Fogg and Fix? What attributes are being highlighted in Fix, and in British detectives overall?

Essay Topic 2

Phileas Fogg is a British Imperialist. What does that mean? While in America, he must act as an American Imperialist while fighting the Sioux Indians. Why? What is the difference between the two ideologies?

Essay Topic 3

There are several instances of foreshadowing in this book. Explain what foreshadowing is and how it is used in literature. Name at least two instances of foreshadowing, how the technique was used in that situation, and what event it foreshadowed.

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