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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 does Nemo say do not exist in his undersea world?
(a) women or children
(b) unjust laws or wars
(c) hunger or cold
(d) money or banks

2. What are the strange words a man says to Aronnax on the platform?
(a) Nautron batron varni lurch
(b) Bibbity bobbity boo
(c) Nautron respoc lorni virch
(d) Lorsom novo barter est

3. What evidence does Aronnax give Land to support his theory of a large sea animal?
(a) scraps of flesh removed from some of the damaged ships
(b) and estimate of how it would be too expensive to make a machine like that
(c) a long scientific explanation on water pressure on various size animals at various depths of the sea
(d) some fuzzy photos taken by people who have spotted it

4. What is the first strange thing Aronnax observes about Nemo's behavior.
(a) He appears to be highly superstitious.
(b) He goes missing for two days.
(c) He talks to himself out loud.
(d) He sometimes talks gibberish.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Aronnax's reply when Land asks if he would leave if Nemo gave them permission?

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

4. What makes Aronnax go get his telescope?

5. How fast can the Nautilus go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Aronnax observe that explains Nemo's vast wealth?

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

5. Tell about the first thing Captain Nemo allows Aronnax to see on the Nautilus.

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

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

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

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

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

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