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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) The thing would cost too much for a private party to make.
(b) It cannot be something mechanical.
(c) One individual could not control something that large.
(d) There is no precedent for such a machine.

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

3. After leaving the island, where are they when Aronnax begins to wonder where they are going?
(a) in the Indian Ocean
(b) rounding the Cape of Good Hope
(c) in the Sargasso Sea
(d) in the straits of gibralter

4. Why is the large bird staggering around after eating the nutmeg?
(a) It is sick from eating the nutmeg.
(b) It got it's wing caught in a bush.
(c) It ate too much to fly.
(d) It is too drunk to fly.

5. What is described as the most interesting river in the sea?
(a) the River Styx
(b) the Sargasso Stream
(c) the Gulf Stream
(d) the Arabian Tunnel

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the three prisoners after the incident with the telescope?

2. What do they observe coming from the Ganges River?

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

4. Tell about the encounter with the captain of a whaling ship.

5. Why does Nemo take Aronnax to the sailors' quarters to see if he can do anything?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Captain Nemo's attitude toward the men on their first meeting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. From the small submarine, tell what Aronnax observes in an underwater cemetery.

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

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

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