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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 13 | Part 1 Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 when they get back to France, everyone will laugh at them
(d) that the monster will find them and sink the ship

2. Who are the two people on board who are not enthusiastic about the search?
(a) Capt. Farragut and his frist mate are not happy with the assignment.
(b) Aronnax and Conseill are fearful about being on board.
(c) Neither Conseil nor Ned Land are excited to be on board.
(d) The two newspaper reporters are not happy to be on board.

3. Describe Aronnax's immediate action after he receives the invitation.
(a) He goes to the library to read up on sea monsters.
(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 writes out his last will and testament.

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

5. Why does Aronnax have trouble falling asleep after the rescue?
(a) He cannot sleep with the lights on.
(b) He has too many troubling thoughts.
(c) He has cramps from being in the cold water.
(d) He always suffers from insomnia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Aronnax and Conseil finally see Ned Land?

2. What does the public speculate the object is?

3. Tell what Ned Land and Captain Farragut decide to do to get the monster.

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

5. What is professor Aronnax's conclusion about what the sightings are?

(see the answer key)

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