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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 say to his friends at the Reform Club?

2. How many people have wagered against Fogg at the Reform Club?

3. How many days does Fogg have to reach New York after arriving on the West Coast of America?

4. What does Detective Fix say to Fogg once they are on British soil?

5. With whom does Passepartout find himself sitting during their journey across America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do Passepartout and Fix engage Fogg in a game of whist on the train in America?

3. How does the relationship between Passepartout and Fix change in America?

4. Who approaches Fogg with a solution for leaving Fort Kearney? Why is this significant?

5. What do we see happening to Fogg's character and appearances in Chapter 32? How has he changed throughout the book so far?

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

7. How does Passepartout come to rejoin Fogg and Aouda?

8. Why is the train crossing America stopped a second time? What decision is made? What does this mean for Fogg?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What reason does Fix give Passepartout aboard the General Grant for now supporting Fogg's journey? Why is it important to Fix that Fogg complete his journey? What is Passepartout's reaction? Should he go to Fogg? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How is Passepartout's experience in the Bombay temple significant for each of the main characters - Passepartout, Fogg, and Fix? In regards to local custom, how are Fogg's and Passepartout's experiences in Bombay similar?

Essay Topic 3

Which characters does Jules Verne use to contrast Phileas Fogg's characteristics? What characteristics do those characters have that Fogg does not?

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