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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aronnax conclude the minute he gets his invitation from Hobson?
(a) Aronnax decides his purpose in life must be to hunt down this monster.
(b) He concludes that it will be too dangerous.
(c) He believes that nothing will be gained by the expedition.
(d) He thinks the invitation is a hoax.

2. How does Aronnax happen to be in the right place at the right time to be invited to join the hunt?
(a) Aronnax is in New York City at the height of the controversy about the sea monster.
(b) He is the first scientist to have a sighting of the monster.
(c) He is a survivor of the sunken Scotia.
(d) He is lecturing at the University of Florida.

3. What does Aronnax insist they thought they were hunting and attacking?
(a) a pod of whales they needed for food
(b) a sea monster that has been wrecking ships
(c) a sea creature with rabies
(d) a warship from China

4. What meat does Land manage to kill to take back to the Nautilus?
(a) a few wild hens
(b) a deer and two rabbits
(c) an animal something like a hog and six rodents
(d) a giant turtle and a pelican

5. What is the name of the vessel?
(a) the Discoverer
(b) the Intrepid
(c) the Nautilus
(d) the Challenger

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the small boat when the wounded animal attacks?

2. What does Conseil say keeps them excited about the trip?

3. When they get tired underwater, what do they do?

4. Briefly describe Ned Land.

5. How many shipwrecks occurred that year?

(see the answer key)

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