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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. What makes Aronnax go get his telescope?
(a) Nemo and a lieutenant are looking at something he cannot see.
(b) He wants to see if there are any islands nearby.
(c) Aronnax thinks he sees a pod of whales in the distance.
(d) Nemo is using his and Aronnax does not want to bother him.

2. What is professor Aronnax's conclusion about what the sightings are?
(a) a volcanic eruption under the sea
(b) an optical illusion
(c) a marine animal of enormous power
(d) a man-made object

3. Why is the large bird staggering around after eating the nutmeg?
(a) It got it's wing caught in a bush.
(b) It is too drunk to fly.
(c) It ate too much to fly.
(d) It is sick from eating the nutmeg.

4. How do Nemo and Aronnax determine where they are?
(a) calculations based on the sun and other measurements
(b) watching their shadows
(c) looking at the stars at night
(d) watching for the compass to spin around and around

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Nemo conducting in the Indian Ocean?

2. After speaking with Nemo the morning after the underwater walk, how long is Nemo absent?

3. What does Nemo's aide kill underwater?

4. What do sailors take from a dead whale?

5. What idea does Captain Nemo come up with to clear the ice?

(see the answer key)

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