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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the shape of the Nautilus?
(a) like a box
(b) like a train
(c) like a cylinder with conical ends
(d) like a saucer
2. What do they observe coming from the Ganges River?
(a) salmon
(b) sea turtles
(c) oil pollution
(d) human bodies
3. What does Nemo inform Aronnax?
(a) It is possible to stay submerged for a month.
(b) It is possible to talk underwater.
(c) It is possible to walk underwater.
(d) It is possible to breathe sea water.
4. What is Aronnax's reply when Land asks if he would leave if Nemo gave them permission?
(a) He is not sure.
(b) No, he would not leave.
(c) He would jump at the chance.
(d) Only if Nemo would go with them.
5. What do the men enjoy for lunch on the island?
(a) a fox and a crow
(b) a partridge and a squirrel
(c) a pigeon and woodcock
(d) a fruit bat and a hare
6. How is the animal finally killed?
(a) Conseil hits it with an oar.
(b) Land harpoons it through the heart.
(c) Land stabs it with his knife.
(d) The animal cannot come up for air.
7. How do Aronnax and Conseil finally see Ned Land?
(a) He is swimming toward them.
(b) He is holding onto the dorsal fin of a porpoise.
(c) He is actually standing on the back of the monster.
(d) He is in a small life raft.
8. What evidence does Aronnax give Land to support his theory of a large sea animal?
(a) and estimate of how it would be too expensive to make a machine like that
(b) a long scientific explanation on water pressure on various size animals at various depths of the sea
(c) scraps of flesh removed from some of the damaged ships
(d) some fuzzy photos taken by people who have spotted it
9. Why is the large bird staggering around after eating the nutmeg?
(a) It got it's wing caught in a bush.
(b) It is sick from eating the nutmeg.
(c) It is too drunk to fly.
(d) It ate too much to fly.
10. What does Nemo's aide kill underwater?
(a) a small shark
(b) a giant sea spider
(c) an electric eel
(d) a stingray
11. What does Aronnax conclude the minute he gets his invitation from Hobson?
(a) He concludes that it will be too dangerous.
(b) He believes that nothing will be gained by the expedition.
(c) He thinks the invitation is a hoax.
(d) Aronnax decides his purpose in life must be to hunt down this monster.
12. What meat does Land manage to kill to take back to the Nautilus?
(a) a giant turtle and a pelican
(b) an animal something like a hog and six rodents
(c) a few wild hens
(d) a deer and two rabbits
13. What do they see at the pearl grotto?
(a) a chest filled with pearls
(b) a fishing net being lowered
(c) a shark attacking a diver
(d) a disoriented whale
14. What repels the savages trying to get inside the Nautilus?
(a) a burst of hot water
(b) a bolt of electricity
(c) a loud noise
(d) a battering ram
15. What does the public speculate the object is?
(a) a mirage, not real at all
(b) a sea monster like the Loch Ness dragon
(c) an island reef, a sea serpent, or a whale of unknown species
(d) something from outer space
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Nemo do that surprises Aronnax?
2. What is Aronnax's assigned room like?
3. What does Aronnax discover in Nemo's library?
4. What does Conseil think Captain Nemo is?
5. In what year do reports start circulating about the strange creature in the ocean?
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