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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aronnax regret trying to escape from Nemo?

2. What does Aronnax say that only he and Nemo know?

3. What does Aronnax notice when Nemo says the name, Avenger?

4. How does Nemo avoid contact with a whaling ship that follows the Nautilus?

5. What tragedy occurs before they defeat the giant squid?

Short Essay Questions

1. Relate Ned's heightened anxiety after the battle with the giant squid.

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

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

4. What are the final escape plans?

5. Where does Aronnax finally come to?

6. What is it that Aronnax sees by the red glow of an underwater volcano?

7. What does Nemo tell Aronnax about the sunken ship he has come to see?

8. Describe the light reflecting off the ice as seen from inside the Nautilus and the problem it creates.

9. How does Conseil get wounded?

10. What is the conversation between Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned out on the platform?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about conserving biological species such as the whales. Include Nemo's argument with Ned Land that killing just for the sake of killing is wrong. Mention also that Jules Verne was writing a hundred years before many species of whale became endangered from over fishing.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about clues throughout the novel that point to Nemo's war on war. As illustrations, point out Nemo's different attitude toward commercial ships and warships beginning with his statements early on about the Scotia and the Abraham Lincoln. Make the connection about Jule Verne's feelings about war.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on scientific deduction versus practical experience. As a starting point refer to Aronnax's calculations that cause him to conclude the goal they are looking for is probably a large deep sea animal versus Ned Land's practical experience that makes him sure it is not some kind of creature.

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