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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. When the Nautilus cannot move, how does Aronnax describe the situation?
(a) stuck on a sandbar
(b) stuck in the mud
(c) stuck on flypaper
(d) stuck in a vice

2. What does Nemo say when he finds what he is looking for?
(a) It is here.
(b) I should have known.
(c) It has moved.
(d) There she blows.

3. What is Nemo's prognosis if they cannot escape the ice tunnel?
(a) they have less than forty-eight hours to live
(b) they will have to stay there until summer
(c) they will be crushed by the growing ice
(d) they will run out of food and starve to death

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

5. What hunch does Aronnax have that the sailors on the Nautilus are?
(a) People who are deathly afraid of Nemo.
(b) People who owe money to Nemo.
(c) Slaves who are owned by Nemo.
(d) People who have renounced every tie that binds them to earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do sailors take from a dead whale?

2. What will happen to the sun after the next day?

3. What is Sargasso?

4. Soon after their conversation, what do they see in the water?

5. What are the sailors doing to replenish their food supply?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Nemo's bizarre behavior during a hurricane.

2. Describe Aronnax's concern about making it to the Pole on time.

3. Briefly describe the beginning of the battle with the giant squid.

4. Explain the attitude of the three prisoners after the South Pole visit.

5. What prevents the men from escaping in the Mediterranean?

6. Describe what Nemo does to the cachalots that are attacking defenseless whales.

7. Where does Aronnax finally come to?

8. Write about the man made marvel they observed under the sea.

9. What is the difficulty for the Nautilus to rise from under the ice?

10. Explain how Conseil recognizes Ned Land's restlessness.

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