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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What invitation does Nemo extend to Aronnax?
(a) to join him for dinner
(b) to have brandy and a cigar
(c) to explore the sea at night
(d) to read his private journals

2. What prevents an escape to American shores?
(a) The Nautilus does not rise for a week.
(b) The weather does not cooperate.
(c) Nemo stands guard on the platform.
(d) The small boat was destroyed in the squid battle.

3. What does Aronnax consider doing as they head out into the Atlantic?
(a) re-writing all his notes
(b) simply asking Captain Nemo for his freedom
(c) sabotaging the Nautilus engines
(d) taking Nemo hostage

4. What happens to save the life of Aronnax?
(a) They put him into a diving suit and give him air.
(b) The Nautilus breaks through at the last minute.
(c) Nemo releases the emergency air.
(d) Ned and Conseil sacrifice some of their air.

5. Up on the land, what seems to have been its origin?
(a) meteors
(b) sediment
(c) volcanoes
(d) landslides

6. What man-made objects do they pass over off of Newfoundland?
(a) lost anchors
(b) telegraph cables
(c) sunken ships
(d) garbage dumps

7. What does Aronnax observe as they move past Gibraltar?
(a) the wreck of the Hesperace
(b) the ruins of the Temple of Hercules
(c) the skeletons of murdered slaves
(d) the White Cliffs of dover

8. What does Nemo object to?
(a) killing for the sheer joy of destruction
(b) killing without giving the animals a fighting chance
(c) killing endangered species
(d) killing baby animals

9. Where does Aronnax wake up?
(a) in the bottom of the small boat
(b) somewhere on the coast of Ireland
(c) in a fisherman's cottage
(d) floating on his back in the sea

10. Although the inactive volcano offers no means of escape, what does Ned Land find that cheers him up?
(a) bees making honey
(b) diamonds as big as his fist
(c) a stash of rum left by pirates
(d) large birds to kill and take back to the Nautilus

11. What does Ned say he will do if the distant ship comes near the Nautilus?
(a) He will light a flare.
(b) He will set the Nautilus on fire.
(c) He will wave his handkerchief.
(d) He will jump ship.

12. What do they all remember about the squid battle?
(a) the sounds of the battle
(b) the size of the monster
(c) the color of the ink
(d) the sailor taken into the mouth of the squid

13. Among some rock formations, what does Nemo allow Aronnax to do?
(a) make drawings of the sight
(b) photograph the area
(c) get samples to analyze
(d) take a walk underwater

14. What ominous words does Aronnax hear Nemo say?
(a) I'll get them all!
(b) Let them eat cake!
(c) Again and again!
(d) Almighty God, enough! Enough!

15. How close to the South Pole does Nemo say he will get with his chronometer?
(a) within a mile
(b) within a 100 feet
(c) within 100 yards of the Pole
(d) within a foot

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nemo decide to do as they avoid the whaling ship?

2. What prevents the three prisoners from escaping this time?

3. What does Ned give Aronnax in the event he needs to commit suicide?

4. If there are 3,000 feet of ice beneath the water line, how much ice is above the line?

5. What was the name if the Marseillais changed to?

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