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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 is Captain Nemo conducting in the Indian Ocean?
(a) an experiment on turning lead into gold
(b) experiments on the temperature of the sea
(c) a conference on underwater safety
(d) an orientation trip through the Nautilus

2. What does Aronnax say he sees traveling in the Nautilus?
(a) many telegraph cables
(b) many other shipwrecks
(c) many changes in the ocean currents
(d) many drowned land birds

3. What does Conseil say keeps them excited about the trip?
(a) no schedules to keep
(b) no idea where they are
(c) no time for boredom
(d) no chance to ask questions

4. How does Nemo propose to get them from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean?
(a) by making the Nautilus fly
(b) by going around the southern tip of Africa
(c) through what he calls it the Arabian Tunnel
(d) by going through the Suez Canal

5. How does the Nautilus sink and rise?
(a) by pumping air in from the surface
(b) by manipulating the amount of water in its reserves
(c) by powerful motors
(d) by heating the water outside the ship

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nemo say do not exist in his undersea world?

2. What does the captain decide to do after months at sea and no sighting of the monster?

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

4. What does Ned Land say he does not feel?

5. How is the animal finally killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe why Ned interrupts Aronnax's reading and what he shows him.

4. Who is the narrator of the story?

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

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

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

8. Why is Aronnax concerned about the savages and what does Nemo do about it?

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

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

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