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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nemo show Aronnax in his own quarters?
(a) many useful instruments for ocean travel and exploration
(b) books on the seven seas
(c) pictures of his family
(d) maps he has made of the ocean floor

2. How do Aronnax and Conseil finally see Ned Land?
(a) He is swimming toward them.
(b) He is in a small life raft.
(c) He is actually standing on the back of the monster.
(d) He is holding onto the dorsal fin of a porpoise.

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

4. What is the first strange thing Aronnax observes about Nemo's behavior.
(a) He goes missing for two days.
(b) He sometimes talks gibberish.
(c) He talks to himself out loud.
(d) He appears to be highly superstitious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they see off the coast of Ceylon?

2. How does Land react to the steward who comes into the room after he wakes up?

3. As they enter the Red Sea, what does Aronnax find?

4. Why is the frigate unable to catch the monster?

5. What is the offer Captain Farragut makes as they search for the monster?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the pearl seen differently by different people?

2. What does the captain of the Monroe whaling boat request of Captain Farragut?

3. What does Aronnax observe that explains Nemo's vast wealth?

4. Describe the men's first view of the undersea world.

5. What is Nemo's response to Aronnax's idea they cannot reach the Mediterranean by the next day?

6. Relate Aronnax's encounter with the strange man.

7. How are Aronnax and Conseil saved from drowning after falling off the Abraham Lincoln?

8. Describe how the three men are treated when they first come on board the Nautilus.

9. What does the U.S. government invite Aronnax to join?

10. How does Captain Nemo explain the electricity on the Nautilus?

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