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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. Why is the frigate unable to catch the monster?
(a) It makes sharper turns than the ship can make.
(b) It swims agilely at a speed of perhaps thirty miles per hour.
(c) It submerges often and comes up in back of the ship.
(d) It keeps going around in circles.

2. Where was the Nautilus assembled?
(a) a warehouse in the south of France
(b) workshops on desert islands in the ocean
(c) off the coast of Africa
(d) in the Bermuda Triangle

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

4. 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

5. What is described as the most interesting river in the sea?
(a) the Sargasso Stream
(b) the Arabian Tunnel
(c) the River Styx
(d) the Gulf Stream

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the shape of the Nautilus?

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

3. What happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?

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

5. How does the Nautilus sink and rise?

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