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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. Tell what Ned Land and Captain Farragut decide to do to get the monster.
(a) to go for the monster with harpoons from the frigate itself
(b) to put out in a small boat
(c) to try to ram it with the bow of the frigate
(d) to drop raw meat into the ocean

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

3. After Ceylon, where do they travel?
(a) near the mouth of the Tigris River
(b) near the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Onan
(c) the Bay of Bengal
(d) the Andaman Sea

4. What does Conseil politely ask Aronnax in the water?
(a) if he can cut away his clothes
(b) if he has any last wishes
(c) if he knows how to tread water
(d) if he can see any other survivors

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Ned harpoon along the Arabian coast?

2. What is the first strange thing Aronnax observes about Nemo's behavior.

3. What is the name of the vessel?

4. What is Captain Nemo conducting in the Indian Ocean?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.

5. Who is the narrator of the story?

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

7. Describe the amusing fowl they see on the island of Gilboa.

8. Briefly detail the problem with the telescope.

9. What is the exciting thing that happens as they return for the island of Crespo?

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

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