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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. What does the public speculate the object is?

2. As they enter the Red Sea, what does Aronnax find?

3. What artifact does Nemo show Aronnax that he had recovered from the sea?

4. How long do Conseil and Ned think they have been asleep when they finally wake up?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Aronnax and Farragut speculate about the monster?

5. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.

6. Explain the difference Nemo sees in the encounters with the Scotia and the Abraham Lincoln.

7. Why is Aronnax concerned about the savages and what does Nemo do about it?

8. How is the pearl seen differently by different people?

9. Describe the tone of the novel as the story begins.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the comparison of a book to a movie adaptation. After watching the movie, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, evaluate how closely the film version adheres to the novel. Include reasons that screenplays are limited in what they can depict on the screen.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the dialog in TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. Find lines like this: "Sir, I have to speak to you on a matter that admits of no delay." After finding several such line that use language in a different way from how we speak today, re-write the lines in modern speech. Include in your essay how the dialog as written helps keep the time it was written in focus.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on scientific deduction versus practical experience. As a starting point refer to Aronnax's calculations that cause him to conclude the goal they are looking for is probably a large deep sea animal versus Ned Land's practical experience that makes him sure it is not some kind of creature.

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