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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. Who makes the following statement: "In the way this strange gentleman was going on, he would leave the world without having done any good to himself or anybody else."

2. To what station do Fogg and Passepartout still arrive at on time after rescuing Aouda?

3. What option does the judge grant Fogg and Passepartout?

4. Where is the typhoon that the Tankadere is heading for brewing?

5. Where does the traveling party stay in Hong Kong?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Fogg and Fix react to one another on the docks when they find out the Carnatic has already sailed?

2. What does the British Consul talk to Fogg about before stamping his passport? Why?

3. How does Fogg find passage out of Hong Kong? Where are they heading? What is significant about Fogg and Aouda leaving Hong Kong?

4. In Suez, Detective Fix and the British Consul disagree about something. What do they disagree about and why?

5. What circumstance brings Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout together?

6. What happens to Passepartout when he enters the Bombay temple? Why?

7. What does Passepartout learn when he goes to purchase tickets for the Carnatic? What happens to Passepartout, and how does this impact the journey?

8. How does Fogg react to Aouda's growing affections toward him? Why?

9. Who does Passepartout begin to suspect Fix represents? Why?

10. Why does Fix repeatedly hope for Fogg's journey to be delayed? How does he attempt to delay them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jules Verne creates an interesting situation for Fogg and Fix aboard the Tankadere during the typhoon. Describe the situation from three points of view: Fix's, Fogg's, and the reader's. How is the situation different for each?

Essay Topic 2

Passepartout is extremely loyal to Fogg and does not believe that Fogg is the bank robber Detective Fix claims him to be. However, Passepartout does not bring Fix's identity or his theory to Fogg's attention. Why? Does this go with or against what we know of Passepartout's nature? How would the story be different if Passepartout had shared this information with Fogg?

Essay Topic 3

How is Passepartout's experience in the Bombay temple significant for each of the main characters - Passepartout, Fogg, and Fix? In regards to local custom, how are Fogg's and Passepartout's experiences in Bombay similar?

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