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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 13 | Part 1 Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the offer Captain Farragut makes as they search for the monster?
(a) a $2,000 reward to the first person on the frigate who spots it
(b) a bottle of rum for the frist person to spot it
(c) a promotion to ensign for the first person to spot it
(d) a write up in the newspapers about the person who spots it

2. What does the captain decide to do after months at sea and no sighting of the monster?
(a) The captain decides to do a stopover in Rio, Brazil.
(b) Captain Farragut announces they will search only three more days.
(c) Farragut decides to retrace their path to see if they missed anything.
(d) The captain decides to try the waters of the antarctic.

3. How fast can the Nautilus go?
(a) about as fast as a frigate
(b) speeds up to 100 miles per hour
(c) about thirty miles per hour
(d) speeds up to fifty miles per hour

4. What nationalities does Aronnax guess the captors to be?
(a) Spanish, Arabian, or Indian
(b) Peruvian, Mexican, or Argentinian
(c) Norwegian, Brazilian, or Russian
(d) African, Asian, or Polynesian

5. Looking through the glass port, what does Ned Land have to admit about the view of the ocean?
(a) the view is frightening
(b) the view is wonderful
(c) the view is polluted
(d) the view is uninteresting

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aronnax's assigned room like?

2. What happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?

3. How does the Nautilus sink and rise?

4. Tell what Ned Land and Captain Farragut decide to do to get the monster.

5. How does Aronnax find the taste of seaweed cigars?

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