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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 is Ned Land's response to an invitation to explore underwater?

2. What does Conseil believe about the outcome of the trip?

3. How do Aronnax and Conseil finally see Ned Land?

4. What happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?

5. What does Nemo inform Aronnax?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.

2. Explain the situation after the three men eat and fall asleep.

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

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

5. What does the captain of the Monroe whaling boat request of Captain Farragut?

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

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

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

9. How are Aronnax and Conseil saved from drowning after falling off the Abraham Lincoln?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on Captain Nemo as a villain. In the essay point out that even a villain has redeeming qualities and be specific about Captain Nemo's good points. On the other hand, discuss his vengeful nature and putting himself above moral and legal restrictions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about how biases affect behavior. Use as an example Nemo's attitude toward conservation as contrasted by his destruction of the cachalots and the savages who attack the Nautilus. Compare those things to the near annihilation of the wolf and events like ethnic cleansing.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on weaknesses you see in the plot line of TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. Include how Nemo is never fully explained which makes it difficult to accept the forced imprisonment of Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land.

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