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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1869)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
  • 1. Who is the main character in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'?
A) Ned Land
B) Captain Hook
C) Professor Aronnax
D) Captain Nemo
  • 2. What is the name of the submarine in the novel?
A) Thunderbird
B) Scorpion
C) Seahawk
D) Nautilus
  • 3. In which ocean does most of the story take place?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Arctic Ocean
C) Indian Ocean
D) Atlantic Ocean
  • 4. What is Captain Nemo's real name?
A) Prince Dakkar
B) Lord Nelson
C) King Solomon
D) Captain Smith
  • 5. What is the nationality of Professor Aronnax, one of the main characters?
A) Spanish
B) Russian
C) English
D) French
  • 6. What did Captain Nemo use to create electricity for the Nautilus?
A) Wind
B) Coal
C) Sodium
D) Oil
  • 7. Who is the harpooner that is part of the Nautilus crew?
A) Ahab
B) Ned Land
C) Queequeg
D) Ishmael
  • 8. Who is the author of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'?
A) Mark Twain
B) Jules Verne
C) Charles Dickens
D) H.G. Wells
  • 9. In which periodical was 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas' originally serialized?
A) La Revue des Deux Mondes
B) Magasin d'éducation et de récréation
C) Le Monde Illustré
D) Le Figaro
  • 10. Who illustrated the deluxe octavo edition of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas' published in November 1871?
A) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Gauguin
B) Gustave Doré and Jules Cheret
C) Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou
D) Camille Pissarro and Claude Monet
  • 11. What is the full name of the French marine biologist who serves as the narrator in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) Professor Louis Pasteur
B) Professor Pierre Aronnax
C) Professor Jacques Cousteau
D) Professor Jean Verne
  • 12. What year did ships of various nationalities first sight the mysterious sea monster in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) 1875
B) 1866
C) 1880
D) 1850
  • 13. Which U.S. Navy frigate do Aronnax, Land, and Conseil board to hunt the sea monster?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) USS Monitor
C) USS Constitution
D) USS Enterprise
  • 14. What happens to the frigate Abraham Lincoln after attacking the sea monster in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) It captures the monster
B) It returns safely
C) Its rudder is damaged
D) It sinks immediately
  • 15. Which translation used the 1871 Christian Chelebourg edition as its basis?
A) The 1993 Naval Institute Press edition
B) The 1966 Washington Square Press edition
C) The 2017 Penguin Classics edition translated by David Coward
D) The 2000 Project Gutenberg translation
  • 16. What type of vessel is speculated to be the mysterious sea monster in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) A giant octopus
B) A colossal squid
C) A massive whale
D) A gigantic narwhal
  • 17. What is the name of the dangerous whirlpool that Aronnax and his companions encounter during their escape in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) Moskstraumen (Maelstrom)
B) Aegean whirlpool
C) Charybdis
D) Scylla
  • 18. What is the nationality of Ned Land, the harpooner in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) British
B) American
C) Canadian
D) French
  • 19. What is the name of the French submarine that inspired Verne's depiction of Nautilus?
A) Plongeur
B) Nautilus
C) Leviathan
D) Poseidon
  • 20. What does Captain Nemo do to the warship from his homeland in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) Captures it
B) Escapes from it
C) Rams it below its waterline and sinks it
D) Negotiates with it
  • 21. How many illustrations did David Coward's 2017 translation include?
A) 100 illustrations
B) 20 illustrations
C) No illustrations
D) 42 illustrations
  • 22. What term did Malaurie Guillaume use to describe Nemo in 2023?
A) Underwater explorer
B) Visionary scientist
C) Technological pioneer
D) First figure of ecological radicalism
  • 23. Who was responsible for the first English translation of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) Walter James Miller
B) Anthony Bonner
C) David Coward
D) Reverend Lewis Page Mercier
  • 24. What motivates Captain Nemo's self-imposed exile in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) To conquer new lands
B) A quest for scientific knowledge and a desire to escape terrestrial civilization
C) To become the ruler of the seas
D) To find treasure and riches
  • 25. Who is the captain of the frigate Abraham Lincoln in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) Captain Nemo
B) Captain Ahab
C) Admiral Farragut
D) Captain Hook
  • 26. Which French oceanographer is repeatedly mentioned in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) Matthew Fontaine Maury
B) Jacques Cousteau
C) Louis Antoine de Bougainville
D) Jean-Baptiste Charcot
  • 27. Which legendary underwater realm do the characters visit in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) Atlantis
B) Camelot
C) Shangri-La
D) El Dorado
  • 28. Who criticized 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas' in 1961?
A) Jules Verne
B) Malaurie Guillaume
C) Mercier
D) Theodore L. Thomas
  • 29. According to the 1993 translation notes, whose responsibility were the errors noted by Thomas?
A) Malaurie Guillaume
B) Jules Verne's original text
C) Theodore L. Thomas
D) Mercier's translation
  • 30. Who collaborated with Frederick Paul Walter to produce 'The Completely Restored and Annotated Edition'?
A) William Butcher
B) David Coward
C) Ray Bradbury
D) Walter James Miller
  • 31. What does Captain Nemo use to power his submarine, Nautilus, in 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'?
A) Steam
B) Solar energy
C) Wind
D) Electricity
  • 32. In 2023, who presented Nemo as the first eco-terrorist?
A) Mercier
B) Jules Verne
C) Malaurie Guillaume
D) Theodore L. Thomas
  • 33. Which translation of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas' included an introduction by Ray Bradbury?
A) The 1966 Washington Square Press edition
B) The 1998 Oxford University Press edition
C) The 1962 Bantam Classics edition translated by Anthony Bonner
D) The 1976 Thomas Y. Crowel Company edition
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