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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 happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?
2. What are the strange words a man says to Aronnax on the platform?
3. What does Ned Land plan once they are in the Mediterranean?
4. Through what do they pass to get outside the submerged Nautilus?
5. What does Nemo's aide kill underwater?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe how the three men are treated when they first come on board the Nautilus.
2. Describe the tone of the novel as the story begins.
3. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.
4. What happens in the pearl fishing grounds of the Indian Ocean?
5. What does the captain of the Monroe whaling boat request of Captain Farragut?
6. Explain Captain Nemo's attitude toward the men on their first meeting.
7. Mention how a dugong almost kills the men in a small boat.
8. What is Nemo's response to Aronnax's idea they cannot reach the Mediterranean by the next day?
9. What is the unexpected pleasure Nemo gives the three captives near the island of Gilboa?
10. Describe why Ned interrupts Aronnax's reading and what he shows him.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on terror. In your essay use as illustrations the battle with the giant squid, the near death experience under the antarctic ice, the sudden attack of the savages on Gilboa Island, and the maelstrom at the end of the novel.
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