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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 17 | Part 1 Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After falling from the Abraham Lincoln, what is Aronnax's condition?
(a) nearly freezing and about to drown
(b) standing on the back of the monster
(c) struggling to remove his clothes
(d) holding onto a life preserver

2. When they get tired underwater, what do they do?
(a) Return immediately to the Nautilus.
(b) Stop and sit on giant oyster shells.
(c) Breathe in extra oxygen.
(d) They take a long nap.

3. Describe Aronnax's immediate action after he receives the invitation.
(a) The first thing he does is to contact his trusted servant of ten years, Conseil, a Flemish boy age thirty.
(b) He goes to the library to read up on sea monsters.
(c) He writes out his last will and testament.
(d) He telegraphs France to say he will be staying longer.

4. What is described as the most interesting river in the sea?
(a) the Gulf Stream
(b) the Sargasso Stream
(c) the Arabian Tunnel
(d) the River Styx

5. What evidence does Aronnax give Land to support his theory of a large sea animal?
(a) some fuzzy photos taken by people who have spotted it
(b) scraps of flesh removed from some of the damaged ships
(c) a long scientific explanation on water pressure on various size animals at various depths of the sea
(d) and estimate of how it would be too expensive to make a machine like that

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Nautilus sink and rise?

2. What does Aronnax conclude the minute he gets his invitation from Hobson?

3. What does Ned take Aronnax to view outside the Nautilus one morning?

4. What makes up the forest of Crespo?

5. What is the shape of the Nautilus?

(see the answer key)

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