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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 meat does Land manage to kill to take back to the Nautilus?

2. What is the first view from the surface Aronnax enjoys with Captain Nemo?

3. What does Aronnax find in the pearl grotto?

4. How does the Nautilus sink and rise?

5. What is the first strange thing Aronnax observes about Nemo's behavior.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the fantastic ideas about the monster and how does it captivate the public?

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

4. Who is the narrator of the story?

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

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

7. From the small submarine, tell what Aronnax observes in an underwater cemetery.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on character development in a novel. Include which of the characters appear to be one-dimensional and which characters are drawn with more detail. Mention the reason that some characters receive more attention than others.

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 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.

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