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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. How do Nemo and Aronnax determine where they are?

2. What does Nemo say the lake is to him?

3. What mysterious spot does Aronnax see near an underwater volcano?

4. As the Nautilus rounds Gibraltar, how far does Aronnax say they have traveled?

5. Although the inactive volcano offers no means of escape, what does Ned Land find that cheers him up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difficulty for the Nautilus to rise from under the ice?

2. Where does Aronnax learn they are when he cannot recognize the landscape?

3. Explain how Conseil recognizes Ned Land's restlessness.

4. When the Nautilus gets stuck in the Great Ice Barrier, how do Aronnax and Nemo see things differently?

5. After testing how deep the Nautilus can go, describe what happens.

6. Relate the dire prediction Nemo makes as a worst case scenario when they are stuck under the ice.

7. What goes on while Ned, Conseil, and Aronnax are escaping in the small boat?

8. Describe Aronnax's concern about making it to the Pole on time.

9. What does Nemo tell Aronnax about the sunken ship he has come to see?

10. How does Conseil get wounded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Write an essay about clues throughout the novel that point to Nemo's war on war. As illustrations, point out Nemo's different attitude toward commercial ships and warships beginning with his statements early on about the Scotia and the Abraham Lincoln. Make the connection about Jule Verne's feelings about war.

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