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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. In what year do reports start circulating about the strange creature in the ocean?
(a) 1866
(b) 1850
(c) 1792
(d) 1900

2. How many shipwrecks occurred that year?
(a) approximately 30,000
(b) over 3,000
(c) about 300
(d) exactly 30

3. Why does Aronnax rule out the possibility of an individual creating the monster?
(a) One individual could not control something that large.
(b) There is no precedent for such a machine.
(c) The thing would cost too much for a private party to make.
(d) It cannot be something mechanical.

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

5. What does the public speculate the object is?
(a) a sea monster like the Loch Ness dragon
(b) a mirage, not real at all
(c) something from outer space
(d) an island reef, a sea serpent, or a whale of unknown species

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Aronnax give Land to support his theory of a large sea animal?

2. Why is the frigate unable to catch the monster?

3. What does the captain decide to do after months at sea and no sighting of the monster?

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

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

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