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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. Where does Aronnax hope they are not heading?
(a) to the Bermuda Triangle
(b) to the South Pole
(c) to the North Pole
(d) to the straits of Magellan

2. What causes Nemo to break down after the gun ship is sunk?
(a) a picture of his wife and children
(b) the bodies of sailors
(c) the long hours he has been awake
(d) the destruction of a beautiful ship

3. What does Aronnax know about what happened to the Nautilus?
(a) That is was crushed in the maelstrom.
(b) He has no idea.
(c) Exactly where it is.
(d) He saw it split apart.

4. How do the sailors on board the Nautilus appear to be?
(a) overjoyed at the race
(b) nervous
(c) uncertain what to do
(d) just as vengeful as Captain Nemo

5. When the ship rights itself and rises to the surface, what is it position?
(a) sitting on top of an iceberg
(b) caught in a tunnel of ice filled with quiet water
(c) wedged between two icebergs
(d) turned around the wrong way

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nemo avoid contact with a whaling ship that follows the Nautilus?

2. What was the name if the Marseillais changed to?

3. As the Nautilus rounds Gibraltar, how far does Aronnax say they have traveled?

4. What happens to Conseil when he touches a ray?

5. What does Aronnax notice when Nemo says the name, Avenger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Nemo does to the cachalots that are attacking defenseless whales.

2. Explain the attitude of the three prisoners after the South Pole visit.

3. Describe the light reflecting off the ice as seen from inside the Nautilus and the problem it creates.

4. What happens when Nemo sees Land trying to signal an approaching ship?

5. Where does Aronnax learn they are when he cannot recognize the landscape?

6. Mention briefly the problem as the Nautilus leaves the South Pole.

7. After testing how deep the Nautilus can go, describe what happens.

8. How does Nemo react when Aronnax comments that the treasure they find is not used for a noble purpose?

9. What does Nemo tell Aronnax about the sunken ship he has come to see?

10. What goes on while Ned, Conseil, and Aronnax are escaping in the small boat?

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