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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 do they see at the pearl grotto?
(a) a fishing net being lowered
(b) a chest filled with pearls
(c) a disoriented whale
(d) a shark attacking a diver

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

3. Tell about the encounter with the captain of a whaling ship.
(a) The captain relates an encounter with the monster.
(b) The captain borrows Ned Land, who happily harpoons two whales for him.
(c) The captain laughs at the idea of a giant sea monster.
(d) The captain recognizes Ned Land and hires him away.

4. What is the shape of the Nautilus?
(a) like a cylinder with conical ends
(b) like a saucer
(c) like a box
(d) like a train

5. What does Aronnax conclude the minute he gets his invitation from Hobson?
(a) He thinks the invitation is a hoax.
(b) He concludes that it will be too dangerous.
(c) Aronnax decides his purpose in life must be to hunt down this monster.
(d) He believes that nothing will be gained by the expedition.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many shipwrecks occurred that year?

2. After Ceylon, where do they travel?

3. When they get tired underwater, what do they do?

4. What is Aronnax's assigned room like?

5. After leaving the island, where are they when Aronnax begins to wonder where they are going?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Briefly detail the problem with the telescope.

6. Mention how a dugong almost kills the men in a small boat.

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

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

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

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

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