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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they see at the pearl grotto?
(a) a chest filled with pearls
(b) a disoriented whale
(c) a fishing net being lowered
(d) a shark attacking a diver

2. What makes Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land very happy?
(a) to eat all the fresh fish they want
(b) to set foot on land again
(c) to swim in the ocean
(d) to see the dolphins play

3. What does Aronnax discover in Nemo's library?
(a) a wet bar
(b) current newspapers
(c) twelve thousand books
(d) Nemo's journals

4. How does Nemo propose to get them from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean?
(a) by going around the southern tip of Africa
(b) by making the Nautilus fly
(c) through what he calls it the Arabian Tunnel
(d) by going through the Suez Canal

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conseil politely ask Aronnax in the water?

2. Where was the Nautilus assembled?

3. What does the public speculate the object is?

4. What is professor Aronnax's conclusion about what the sightings are?

5. How is the animal finally killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Aronnax and Farragut speculate about the monster?

2. What is Nemo's response to Aronnax's idea they cannot reach the Mediterranean by the next day?

3. Briefly describe Aronnax's first walk on the sea floor.

4. Tell about the first thing Captain Nemo allows Aronnax to see on the Nautilus.

5. Who is the narrator of the story?

6. Explain what bothers Ned Land in December.

7. What are some of the fantastic ideas about the monster and how does it captivate the public?

8. Mention how a dugong almost kills the men in a small boat.

9. Describe the men's first view of the undersea world.

10. Explain the situation after the three men eat and fall asleep.

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