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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. How fast can the Nautilus go?
(a) speeds up to 100 miles per hour
(b) speeds up to fifty miles per hour
(c) about thirty miles per hour
(d) about as fast as a frigate

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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