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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 happens when Ned Land gets close enough to throw his harpoon?
(a) The harpoon strikes on a hard surface.
(b) The monster dives almost taking the ship down with it.
(c) Land misses and the monster disappears.
(d) The monster throws it back.

2. What repels the savages trying to get inside the Nautilus?
(a) a battering ram
(b) a burst of hot water
(c) a bolt of electricity
(d) a loud noise

3. When they get tired underwater, what do they do?
(a) They take a long nap.
(b) Return immediately to the Nautilus.
(c) Breathe in extra oxygen.
(d) Stop and sit on giant oyster shells.

4. What does Ned take Aronnax to view outside the Nautilus one morning?
(a) whales playing around the Nautilus
(b) giant squid trying to get inside the Nautilus
(c) corpses, some still fresh and even one of a woman
(d) men outside mining diamonds

5. Why is the frigate unable to catch the monster?
(a) It makes sharper turns than the ship can make.
(b) It submerges often and comes up in back of the ship.
(c) It swims agilely at a speed of perhaps thirty miles per hour.
(d) It keeps going around in circles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aronnax conclude the minute he gets his invitation from Hobson?

2. What does Nemo inform Aronnax?

3. What does Aronnax fear about the heavy air in the room where they are?

4. What does Aronnax explain to Ned and Conseil about pearls?

5. What is Aronnax beginning to think about Nemo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the pearl seen differently by different people?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Captain Nemo explain the electricity on the Nautilus?

7. What does Aronnax observe that explains Nemo's vast wealth?

8. From the small submarine, tell what Aronnax observes in an underwater cemetery.

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

10. Why is Aronnax concerned about the savages and what does Nemo do about it?

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