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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 happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?
(a) Land misses and the monster disappears.
(b) The monster throws it back.
(c) The monster dives almost taking the ship down with it.
(d) The harpoon strikes on a hard surface.

2. What animal does Ned harpoon along the Arabian coast?
(a) a large sea otter
(b) a dugong
(c) a crocodile
(d) an oryx

3. Tell about the encounter with the captain of a whaling ship.
(a) The captain borrows Ned Land, who happily harpoons two whales for him.
(b) The captain relates an encounter with the monster.
(c) The captain recognizes Ned Land and hires him away.
(d) The captain laughs at the idea of a giant sea monster.

4. How does Nemo describe himself to Aronnax, Conseil, and Land?
(a) as a man who has been longing for English speaking company
(b) as a man who has broken all ties that bound him to humankind
(c) as a great inventor and benefactor of lost sailors
(d) as a man on a mission to save the whales

5. What does Nemo object to?
(a) killing baby animals
(b) killing endangered species
(c) killing for the sheer joy of destruction
(d) killing without giving the animals a fighting chance

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aronnax find in the pearl grotto?

2. What invitation does Nemo extend to Aronnax?

3. Among some rock formations, what does Nemo allow Aronnax to do?

4. What does Nemo say do not exist in his undersea world?

5. After Ceylon, where do they travel?

(see the answer key)

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