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

2. What happens to save the life of Aronnax?
(a) The Nautilus breaks through at the last minute.
(b) They put him into a diving suit and give him air.
(c) Ned and Conseil sacrifice some of their air.
(d) Nemo releases the emergency air.

3. What causes Ned Land great despair?
(a) The Nautilus stays clear of the American coast.
(b) The small boat was lost in the ice.
(c) Aronnax and Conseil change their minds about escaping.
(d) The Nautilus is near Barbados but Nemo locks down the ship.

4. What does Nemo remind Aronnax of?
(a) The Nautilus can go under the ice.
(b) The Nautilus can skim over the ice.
(c) The Nautilus can outlast the ice.
(d) The Nautilus can cruch the ice

5. How deep does the Nautilus have to descend to get away from the hurricane?
(a) only eight fathoms
(b) about 150 fathoms
(c) nearly 800 fathoms
(d) more than twenty-five fathoms

Short Answer Questions

1. When the ship rights itself and rises to the surface, what is it position?

2. What does Nemo say he intends to do?

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

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

5. What does Ned say he will do if the distant ship comes near the Nautilus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the conversation between Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned out on the platform?

4. Tell something about Nemo's egotistical action when he locates the South Pole.

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

6. What is it that Aronnax sees by the red glow of an underwater volcano?

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

8. Mention Aronnax's problem just before the Nautilus clears the surface.

9. Where does Aronnax finally come to?

10. Relate the dire prediction Nemo makes as a worst case scenario when they are stuck under the ice.

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