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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. How do Aronnax and Conseil finally see Ned Land?
(a) He is holding onto the dorsal fin of a porpoise.
(b) He is actually standing on the back of the monster.
(c) He is in a small life raft.
(d) He is swimming toward them.

2. Where was the Nautilus assembled?
(a) in the Bermuda Triangle
(b) workshops on desert islands in the ocean
(c) a warehouse in the south of France
(d) off the coast of Africa

3. How does Nemo describe himself to Aronnax, Conseil, and Land?
(a) as a great inventor and benefactor of lost sailors
(b) as a man who has broken all ties that bound him to humankind
(c) as a man who has been longing for English speaking company
(d) as a man on a mission to save the whales

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aronnax fear about the heavy air in the room where they are?

2. What does Conseil politely ask Aronnax in the water?

3. Briefly describe Ned Land.

4. Why does Aronnax have trouble falling asleep after the rescue?

5. After speaking with Nemo the morning after the underwater walk, how long is Nemo absent?

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