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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year do reports start circulating about the strange creature in the ocean?

2. Describe Aronnax's immediate action after he receives the invitation.

3. Why is the frigate unable to catch the monster?

4. What do the three men do on the island?

5. What is professor Aronnax's conclusion about what the sightings are?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the men's first view of the undersea world.

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

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

7. How does Captain Nemo explain the electricity on the Nautilus?

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

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

10. Describe how the three men are treated when they first come on board the Nautilus.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the necessity to suspend belief while reading science fiction. While submarines were possible in the 1800's, nothing like Nemo's Nautilus was even dreamed of. The amount of supplies in the Nautilus, the unspecified number of crewmen, and the advanced technological instruments should be included in your essay.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the effects of being caged on both animals and humans. In your essay refer to caging wild animals in zoos and confining men in prisoner of war camps.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about conserving biological species such as the whales. Include Nemo's argument with Ned Land that killing just for the sake of killing is wrong. Mention also that Jules Verne was writing a hundred years before many species of whale became endangered from over fishing.

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