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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Nemo's reaction when Aronnax enters his room?
(a) very annoyed
(b) uncomfortable
(c) startled
(d) happy to see him
2. As the Nautilus rounds Gibraltar, how far does Aronnax say they have traveled?
(a) 20,000 leagues
(b) 15,000 leagues
(c) twice the distance around the world
(d) 10,000 leagues so far
3. What does Nemo remind Aronnax of?
(a) The Nautilus can skim over the ice.
(b) The Nautilus can outlast the ice.
(c) The Nautilus can go under the ice.
(d) The Nautilus can cruch the ice
4. What does Aronnax wonder about Nemo's manuscript?
(a) If it is in the Sargasso Sea.
(b) If it will ever be discovered.
(c) If Nemo had finished it.
(d) If it got put into the water tight container.
5. How does Nemo avoid contact with a whaling ship that follows the Nautilus?
(a) by destroying it
(b) by submerging
(c) by outrunning it
(d) by firing a warning shot
6. What do they all remember about the squid battle?
(a) the sailor taken into the mouth of the squid
(b) the color of the ink
(c) the size of the monster
(d) the sounds of the battle
7. What causes Ned Land great despair?
(a) The small boat was lost in the ice.
(b) The Nautilus stays clear of the American coast.
(c) Aronnax and Conseil change their minds about escaping.
(d) The Nautilus is near Barbados but Nemo locks down the ship.
8. What is the condition of the Nautilus after it is hit by the ice block?
(a) It is on it side.
(b) It is taking on water.
(c) It is losing its reserve air.
(d) It is upside down.
9. What mysterious spot does Aronnax see near an underwater volcano?
(a) Atlantis
(b) a bottomless pit
(c) the lost city of the Amazons
(d) the Colossus of Rhodes
10. What does Aronnax know about what happened to the Nautilus?
(a) Exactly where it is.
(b) He saw it split apart.
(c) He has no idea.
(d) That is was crushed in the maelstrom.
11. How close to the South Pole does Nemo say he will get with his chronometer?
(a) within a mile
(b) within a 100 feet
(c) within a foot
(d) within 100 yards of the Pole
12. What does the Nautilus do several times before breaking into the open sea?
(a) strikes against the ice ceiling
(b) turns around
(c) picks up more and more speed
(d) dives deeper
13. Why does Aronnax regret trying to escape from Nemo?
(a) He fears Nemo will come after them.
(b) He cannot take his notes with him.
(c) He is a person of infinite interest to him.
(d) He thinks he can help Nemo.
14. What does Aronnax say that only he and Nemo know?
(a) what is exceedingly deep
(b) how deep the ocean is
(c) how deep are man's thoughts
(d) how deep a submarine can go
15. What does Aronnax consider doing as they head out into the Atlantic?
(a) re-writing all his notes
(b) sabotaging the Nautilus engines
(c) simply asking Captain Nemo for his freedom
(d) taking Nemo hostage
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the kelp and marine life create in the water of the Sargasso?
2. What invitation does Nemo extend to Aronnax?
3. What worries Aronnax about the next day?
4. How does Nemo attempt to free the Nautilus?
5. Why does Nemo say he makes an exception about the cachalots?
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