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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Conseil politely ask Aronnax in the water?
(a) if he knows how to tread water
(b) if he can see any other survivors
(c) if he has any last wishes
(d) if he can cut away his clothes

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

4. After speaking with Nemo the morning after the underwater walk, how long is Nemo absent?
(a) for a fortnight
(b) for two days
(c) for nine hours
(d) for weeks

5. Through what do they pass to get outside the submerged Nautilus?
(a) a holding room full of water
(b) an airtight room
(c) a shower of warm water
(d) a torpedo tunnel

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nemo claim the South Pole as his?

2. What does the captain decide to do after months at sea and no sighting of the monster?

3. What makes Aronnax go get his telescope?

4. When the ship rights itself and rises to the surface, what is it position?

5. How does Nemo avoid contact with a whaling ship that follows the Nautilus?

(see the answer key)

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