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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 are the plans that night for Ned, Conseil, and Aronnax?
(a) take Nemo hostage
(b) escape or die
(c) bribe the crew
(d) assassinate Nemo

2. What does Aronnax notice when Nemo says the name, Avenger?
(a) the emptiness in his voice
(b) the sadness in his voice
(c) the anger in his voice
(d) the glee in his voice

3. Before the Nautilus breaks free, what happens to Aronnax?
(a) He nearly freezes.
(b) He falls asleep and cannot wake up.
(c) He almost suffocates.
(d) He catches pneumonia.

4. 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

5. How close to the South Pole does Nemo say he will get with his chronometer?
(a) within 100 yards of the Pole
(b) within a 100 feet
(c) within a mile
(d) within a foot

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents an escape to American shores?

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

3. What does the Nautilus do several times before breaking into the open sea?

4. Why are Conseil, Ned Land, and Aronnax up on the platform?

5. Where does it appear that Nemo is heading?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the final escape plans?

5. Describe Aronnax's concern about making it to the Pole on time.

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

7. What is the difficulty for the Nautilus to rise from under the ice?

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

9. What prevents the men from escaping in the Mediterranean?

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

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