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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. Why does Aronnax rule out the possibility of an individual creating the monster?
(a) There is no precedent for such a machine.
(b) One individual could not control something that large.
(c) The thing would cost too much for a private party to make.
(d) It cannot be something mechanical.

2. What happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?
(a) The harpoon strikes on a hard surface.
(b) The monster throws it back.
(c) Land misses and the monster disappears.
(d) The monster dives almost taking the ship down with it.

3. What makes up the forest of Crespo?
(a) petrified trees
(b) rock formations that look like a forest
(c) underwater tree plants that stretch up to the top of the ocean
(d) large kelp plants

4. What does Aronnax explain to Ned and Conseil about pearls?
(a) why they have no particular value
(b) why they are so easy to find
(c) where in the world then can be found
(d) how they are harvested and their value

5. Why does Nemo take Aronnax to the sailors' quarters to see if he can do anything?
(a) Some of the men have scurvy.
(b) A man has been fatally wounded.
(c) A man has been stung by a manta ray.
(d) Two men are coughing up blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationalities does Aronnax guess the captors to be?

2. What does Ned take Aronnax to view outside the Nautilus one morning?

3. What does Aronnax discover in Nemo's library?

4. What does Nemo do that surprises Aronnax?

5. What is Ned Land's response to an invitation to explore underwater?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

2. What is the unexpected pleasure Nemo gives the three captives near the island of Gilboa?

3. Explain the situation after the three men eat and fall asleep.

4. Explain the different opinions Conseil and Aronnax have about Nemo.

5. What are some of the fantastic ideas about the monster and how does it captivate the public?

6. Briefly describe Aronnax's first walk on the sea floor.

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

8. What do Aronnax and Farragut speculate about the monster?

9. Describe the tone of the novel as the story begins.

10. What happens in the pearl fishing grounds of the Indian Ocean?

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