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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 17 | Part 1 Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the shape of the Nautilus?
(a) like a cylinder with conical ends
(b) like a train
(c) like a saucer
(d) like a box

2. What does Aronnax observe the sailors doing the morning after the underwater walk?
(a) casting nets for fish
(b) swimming in the ocean
(c) cleaning the diving equipment
(d) washing their clothes

3. Describe Aronnax's immediate action after he receives the invitation.
(a) He telegraphs France to say he will be staying longer.
(b) The first thing he does is to contact his trusted servant of ten years, Conseil, a Flemish boy age thirty.
(c) He goes to the library to read up on sea monsters.
(d) He writes out his last will and testament.

4. Taken aboard the mysterious craft, who does Aronnax think they have been saved by?
(a) the U. S. Navy
(b) a whale that swallowed them
(c) people from Atlantis
(d) pirates

5. Briefly describe Ned Land.
(a) He is Conseil's cousin conscripted for the trip.
(b) He is a Frenchman only on board to translate for Aronnax.
(c) He is a Canadian scientist who disbelieves the whole thing.
(d) Land is a Canadian who speaks French with Aronnax. He has been a seaman all his life and has many interesting tales about his adventures.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they get tired underwater, what do they do?

2. What makes up the forest of Crespo?

3. What is the offer Captain Farragut makes as they search for the monster?

4. What does Ned take Aronnax to view outside the Nautilus one morning?

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

(see the answer key)

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