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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 9 | Part 1 Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Conseil politely ask Aronnax in the water?
(a) if he has any last wishes
(b) if he can cut away his clothes
(c) if he knows how to tread water
(d) if he can see any other survivors

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

3. Tell about the encounter with the captain of a whaling ship.
(a) The captain recognizes Ned Land and hires him away.
(b) The captain laughs at the idea of a giant sea monster.
(c) The captain borrows Ned Land, who happily harpoons two whales for him.
(d) The captain relates an encounter with the monster.

4. What does the captain decide to do after months at sea and no sighting of the monster?
(a) Captain Farragut announces they will search only three more days.
(b) The captain decides to do a stopover in Rio, Brazil.
(c) The captain decides to try the waters of the antarctic.
(d) Farragut decides to retrace their path to see if they missed anything.

5. Tell what Ned Land and Captain Farragut decide to do to get the monster.
(a) to go for the monster with harpoons from the frigate itself
(b) to put out in a small boat
(c) to try to ram it with the bow of the frigate
(d) to drop raw meat into the ocean

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Aronnax's immediate action after he receives the invitation.

2. How does Nemo describe himself to Aronnax, Conseil, and Land?

3. What does Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?

4. How many shipwrecks occurred that year?

5. Why does Aronnax rule out the possibility of an individual creating the monster?

(see the answer key)

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