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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What valuable item does Nemo take from a secret place?
(a) a chest full of gold ingots
(b) a crate of raw diamonds
(c) a box of rare black pearls
(d) a statue from Atlantis

3. What does Ned Land say he does not feel?
(a) safe on this scrap heap of metal
(b) sure that they will escape
(c) certain they know where they are
(d) happy that he has to work too hard

4. What happens to the three prisoners after the incident with the telescope?
(a) They are threatened with being thrown overboard.
(b) They are locked in Aronnax's room for the night.
(c) They are drugged and fall asleep.
(d) They are forbidden to go to the platform ever again.

5. What is described as the most interesting river in the sea?
(a) the Gulf Stream
(b) the River Styx
(c) the Sargasso Stream
(d) the Arabian Tunnel

6. How long do Conseil and Ned think they have been asleep when they finally wake up?
(a) for one full day
(b) for a week
(c) for a few hours
(d) for a few minutes

7. What famous historical figure does Nemo discuss with Aronnax?
(a) George Washington
(b) La Perouse
(c) Captain Cook
(d) Captain Kidd

8. 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 on a mission to save the whales
(c) as a man who has broken all ties that bound him to humankind
(d) as a great inventor and benefactor of lost sailors

9. What does the captain decide to do after months at sea and no sighting of the monster?
(a) Farragut decides to retrace their path to see if they missed anything.
(b) The captain decides to try the waters of the antarctic.
(c) Captain Farragut announces they will search only three more days.
(d) The captain decides to do a stopover in Rio, Brazil.

10. What does Aronnax see in the glade of coral at the coral kingdom?
(a) a new species of eel
(b) a strange coral cross
(c) a coral mine
(d) a coral eating crab

11. Looking through the glass port, what does Ned Land have to admit about the view of the ocean?
(a) the view is polluted
(b) the view is wonderful
(c) the view is uninteresting
(d) the view is frightening

12. 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) Aronnax is in New York City at the height of the controversy about the sea monster.
(d) He is the first scientist to have a sighting of the monster.

13. Describe Aronnax's immediate action after he receives the invitation.
(a) He goes to the library to read up on sea monsters.
(b) The first thing he does is to contact his trusted servant of ten years, Conseil, a Flemish boy age thirty.
(c) He writes out his last will and testament.
(d) He telegraphs France to say he will be staying longer.

14. What does Conseil say keeps them excited about the trip?
(a) no schedules to keep
(b) no time for boredom
(c) no idea where they are
(d) no chance to ask questions

15. What does Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?
(a) that the monster will find them and sink the ship
(b) that he will die trying to save the life of his master
(c) that when they get back to France, everyone will laugh at them
(d) that Aronnax will sign on for another trip

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they see at the pearl grotto?

2. How does Aronnax find the taste of seaweed cigars?

3. Who are the two people on board who are not enthusiastic about the search?

4. What does Conseil think Captain Nemo is?

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

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