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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. Why does Nemo take Aronnax to the sailors' quarters to see if he can do anything?
(a) A man has been fatally wounded.
(b) A man has been stung by a manta ray.
(c) Two men are coughing up blood.
(d) Some of the men have scurvy.

2. What does Aronnax explain to Ned and Conseil about pearls?
(a) how they are harvested and their value
(b) why they are so easy to find
(c) where in the world then can be found
(d) why they have no particular value

3. What will happen to the sun after the next day?
(a) It will hug the horizon.
(b) It will disappear for six months.
(c) There will be an eclipse.
(d) It will be stationary overhead.

4. What hunch does Aronnax have that the sailors on the Nautilus are?
(a) Slaves who are owned by Nemo.
(b) People who are deathly afraid of Nemo.
(c) People who owe money to Nemo.
(d) People who have renounced every tie that binds them to earth.

5. How is the animal finally killed?
(a) Land stabs it with his knife.
(b) Conseil hits it with an oar.
(c) The animal cannot come up for air.
(d) Land harpoons it through the heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aronnax consider doing as they head out into the Atlantic?

2. What do the kelp and marine life create in the water of the Sargasso?

3. What does Ned Land plan once they are in the Mediterranean?

4. What does Land say escaping at the speed they are traveling would be like?

5. What invitation does Nemo extend to Aronnax?

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