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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 is the offer Captain Farragut makes as they search for the monster?
(a) a $2,000 reward to the first person on the frigate who spots it
(b) a write up in the newspapers about the person who spots it
(c) a bottle of rum for the frist person to spot it
(d) a promotion to ensign for the first person to spot it

2. How long do Conseil and Ned think they have been asleep when they finally wake up?
(a) for a few hours
(b) for a few minutes
(c) for one full day
(d) for a week

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

4. What does Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?
(a) that Aronnax will sign on for another trip
(b) that he will die trying to save the life of his master
(c) that the monster will find them and sink the ship
(d) that when they get back to France, everyone will laugh at them

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aronnax insist they thought they were hunting and attacking?

2. Who are the two people on board who are not enthusiastic about the search?

3. How does Land react to the steward who comes into the room after he wakes up?

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

5. After falling from the Abraham Lincoln, what is Aronnax's condition?

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