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Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea JULES VERNE An Underwater Tour of the World Translated from the Original French by F. P. Walter ___________________________________________________________________ Options: A the book was written by Jules Verne B the book was translated by F. P. Walter C the book was written by F. P. Walter D the book was translated by Jules Verne Answer: B the book was translated by F. P. Walter Question:
We know from the passage that _ .
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: CEDAR POST PUBLISHING * HOUSTON, TEXAS Text Prepared by: F. P. Walter, 1433 Cedar Post, No. 31, Houston, Texas 77055. Options: A a novel B a newspaper C a textbook D a report Answer: B a newspaper Question:
The text above is most probably taken from _ .
Generate a question about the following movie plot: (713) 827-1345
What is the name of the school that the students are attending?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A complete, unabridged translation of Vingt milles lieues sous les mers by Jules Verne, based on the original French texts published in Paris by J. Hetzel et Cie. over the period 1869-71. VERNE'S TITLE
Question: This book was published in _ . Options: A 1869 B 1870 C 1871 D 1869-71 Answer: D
The French title of this novel is Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. Generate a question from the above passage :
What is the French title of the novel?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: This is accurately translated as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SEAS--rather than the SEA, as with many English editions.
Question: The book is translated into _ . Options: A French B English C Chinese D Japanese Answer: B
Verne's novel features a tour of the major oceans, and the term Leagues in its title is used as a measure not of depth but distance. Generate a question from the above passage :
What is the term "Leagues" used as a measure of in Verne's novel?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Ed. 2 Contents Introduction 4 Units of Measure 7 FIRST PART 1. Options: A the units of measure B the first part C the second part D the third part Answer: B the first part Question:
The introduction is _ .
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: A Runaway Reef 8 2. Options: A The reef is running away from the shore. B The reef is running away from the ship. C The reef is running away from the boat. D The reef is running away from the island. Answer: A The reef is running away from the shore. Question:
What is the writer trying to tell us?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Pros and Cons 13 3.
Question: The writer thinks that the pros and cons of the new system are _ . Options: A very important B not important C not clear D not clear enough Answer: D
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: As Master Wishes 18 4. Ned Land 23 5. At Random! 28 6. Options: A 23 B 28 C 18 D 4 Answer: C 18 Question:
How old is Ned Land?
Generate a question about the following movie plot: At Full Steam 33 7.
Who is the new owner of the train?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A Whale of Unknown Species 40 8.
Question: The whale was _ . Options: A a blue whale B a white whale C a black whale D an unknown whale Answer: D
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: "Mobilis in Mobili" 46 9.
Question: The best title for this passage is _ . Options: A Mobilis in Mobili B The History of Mobilis C The Origin of Mobilis D Mobilis in Mobili is a Latin Phrase Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Tantrums of Ned Land 52 10.
Question: What does the story tell us? Options: A Ned Land is a funny character. B Ned Land is a bad character. C Ned Land is a great character. D Ned Land is a bad character. Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Man of the Waters 58 11.
Question: The story happened _ . Options: A in the desert B on the sea C in the forest D in the city Answer: B
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Nautilus 65 12. Everything through Electricity 71 13.
Question: What is the main idea of the passage? Options: A The Nautilus B Everything through Electricity C The Nautilus and Everything through Electricity D The Nautilus and Electricity Answer: C
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Some Figures 77 14. Options: A 14 B 77 C 77.14 D 14.77 Answer: C 77.14 Question:
What is the value of the sum of the numbers in the table?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Black Current 82 15. Options: A 15 B 82 C 15.82 D 15.82.82 Answer: A 15 Question:
What is the total number of words in the passage?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: An Invitation in Writing 91 16. Options: A a letter B a newspaper C a novel D a magazine Answer: A a letter Question:
The passage is most likely to be taken from _ .
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Strolling the Plains 98 17. Options: A The poem is about a boy walking in the plains. B The poem is about a girl walking in the plains. C The poem is about a man walking in the plains. D The poem is about a woman walking in the plains. Answer: C The poem is about a man walking in the plains. Question:
What is the poem about?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: An Underwater Forest 103 18.
Question: There are _ people in the picture. Options: A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific 108 19.
Question: What is the main idea of the passage? Options: A The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. B The Pacific Ocean is the deepest ocean in the world. C The Pacific Ocean is the most beautiful ocean in the world. D The Pacific Ocean is the most important ocean in the world. Answer: D
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Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Torres Strait 122 21.
Question: The Torres Strait is located in _ . Options: A the Pacific Ocean B the Atlantic Ocean C the Indian Ocean D the Arctic Ocean Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Some Days Ashore 128 22. Options: A He will take a walk in the park. B He will go to the cinema. C He will go to a concert. D He will go to a party. Answer: A He will take a walk in the park. Question:
What will the man do today?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo 137 23. Options: A Captain Nemo B The Lightning Bolts C The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo D The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo 137 Answer: D The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo 137 Question:
What is the title of the book?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: "Aegri Somnia" 146 24.
Question: Aegri Somnia is a _ . Options: A poem B story C novel D song Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Coral Realm 153 3 SECOND PART 1.
Question: The passage is about _ . Options: A a trip B a novel C a play D a film Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Indian Ocean 161 2. Options: A the Atlantic Ocean B the Pacific Ocean C the Indian Ocean D the Arctic Ocean Answer: C the Indian Ocean Question:
The passage is about _ .
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: A New Proposition from Captain Nemo 168 3. Options: A He is a captain. B He is a soldier. C He is a sailor. D He is a captain of a ship. Answer: A He is a captain. Question:
What is Captain Nemo?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A Pearl Worth Ten Million 176 4.
Question: The best title for this passage would be _ . Options: A A Pearl Worth Ten Million B The Greatest Pearl in the World C The History of the Pearl D The Pearl and the Fisherman Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Red Sea 185 5.
Question: The Red Sea is _ . Options: A a river B a lake C a mountain D an ocean Answer: D
Generate a question about the following movie plot: Arabian Tunnel 194 6.
What is the name of the bomb disposal expert?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Greek Islands 201 7.
Question: The best title for the passage is _ . Options: A The Greek Islands B The Greek History C The Greek Culture D The Greek Language Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours 210 8. Options: A the Mediterranean Sea B the Pacific Ocean C the Atlantic Ocean D the Indian Ocean Answer: A the Mediterranean Sea Question:
The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours is a book about _ .
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Bay of Vigo 217 9. Options: A The Bay of Vigo is a very large bay. B The Bay of Vigo is a very small bay. C The Bay of Vigo is a very deep bay. D The Bay of Vigo is a very shallow bay. Answer: A The Bay of Vigo is a very large bay. Question:
What is the Bay of Vigo like?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: A Lost Continent 225 10. Options: A a story B a novel C a play D a movie Answer: A a story Question:
The passage is _ .
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Underwater Coalfields 233 11. Options: A The Underwater Coalfields B The Underwater Coalfields C The Underwater Coalfields D The Underwater Coalfields Answer: B The Underwater Coalfields Question:
Which is the best title for the passage?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The Sargasso Sea 241 12.
Question: The Sargasso Sea is _ . Options: A a river B a lake C a sea D a mountain Answer: C
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Sperm Whales and Baleen Whales 247 13. Options: A the eyes B the nose C the ears D the mouth Answer: C the ears Question:
Whales have _ to catch the sounds of the sea.
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Ice Bank 256 14. Options: A It is a large river. B It is a large lake. C It is a large island. D It is a large mountain. Answer: D It is a large mountain. Question:
What is the Ice Bank?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: The South Pole 265 15.
Question: How many people are there in the South Pole? Options: A 265 B 15 C 280 D 270 Answer: A
Accident or Incident? Generate a question from the above passage :
What is the difference between an accident and an incident?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: 274 16.
Question: What is the main idea of the passage? Options: A How to play football B How to make a football C How to play volleyball D How to make a volleyball Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Shortage of Air 280 17.
Question: What is the best title for this passage? Options: A Shortage of Air B The Air C Air D Air Pollution Answer: D
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: From Cape Horn to the Amazon 288 18.
Question: What is the best title for this passage? Options: A From Cape Horn to the Amazon B From the Amazon to Cape Horn C Cape Horn and the Amazon D Cape Horn and the Amazon Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Devilfish 295 19. Options: A The Devilfish B The Devilfish C The Devilfish D The Devilfish Answer: A The Devilfish Question:
What is the name of the book?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Gulf Stream 303 20. Options: A The Gulf Stream is the largest river in the world. B The Gulf Stream is the largest river in the world. C The Gulf Stream is the largest river in the world. D The Gulf Stream is the largest river in the world. Answer: B The Gulf Stream is the largest river in the world. Question:
What is the main idea of the passage?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: In Latitude 47?
Question: Which of the following is TRUE? Options: A The latitude is 47 degrees. B The latitude is 74 degrees. C The latitude is 74 degrees south. D The latitude is 47 degrees south. Answer: D
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: 24' and Longitude 17? Options: A 24 B 17 C 170 D 240 Answer: B 17 Question:
What's the latitude of the place?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: 28' 311 21. Options: A 28 B 311 C 21 D 28' 311' 21 Answer: D 28' 311' 21 Question:
What is the measurement in the passage?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: A Mass Execution 317 22.
Question: The best title for this passage is _ . Options: A A Mass Execution B A Massacre C A Mass Meeting D A Mass Party Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: The Last Words of Captain Nemo 324 23. Options: A Captain Nemo's last words. B Captain Nemo's last thoughts. C Captain Nemo's last actions. D Captain Nemo's last journey. Answer: B Captain Nemo's last thoughts. Question:
What is the topic of the passage?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Conclusion 330 4 Introduction "The deepest parts of the ocean are totally unknown to us Options: A 330 B 4 C 3304 D 430 Answer: C 3304 Question:
What is the total number of the words in the passage?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: ," admits Professor Aronnax early in this novel. Options: A The Mysterious Island B The Mysterious River C The Mysterious City D The Mysterious Ocean Answer: D The Mysterious Ocean Question:
What is the best title for the passage?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: "What goes on in those distant depths?
Question: What is the writer wondering? Options: A What the deep sea looks like. B What the deep sea is like. C What the deep sea is made of. D What the deep sea is made of. Answer: B
What creatures inhabit, or could inhabit, those regions twelve or fifteen miles beneath the surface of the water? From the above passage, a reasonable question with "twelve or fifteen miles" as the answer would be:
How deep do the creatures live?
Based on the context and the answer, generate a question. Context: It's almost beyond conjecture. Answer: It is hard to believe.
What does the speaker mean?
" Jules Verne (1828-1905) published the French equivalents of these words in 1869, and little has changed since. Generate a question from the above passage :
What year did Jules Verne publish the French equivalents of these words?
126 years later, a Time cover story on deep-sea exploration made much the same admission: "We know more about Mars than we know about the oceans. From the above passage, a reasonable question with "126" as the answer would be:
How many years later did the Time cover story come out?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: " This reality begins to explain the dark power and otherworldly fascination of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.
Question: What is the best title for the passage? Options: A The Dark Power of the Sea B The Otherworldly Fascination of the Sea C The Reality of the Sea D The Mystery of the Sea Answer: D
Born in the French river town of Nantes, Verne had a lifelong passion for the sea. Generate a question from the above passage :
What town was Verne born in?
First as a Paris stockbroker, later as a celebrated author and yachtsman, he went on frequent voyages-- to Britain, America, the Mediterranean. Generate a question from the above passage :
Where did he go on frequent voyages to?
But the specific stimulus for this novel was an 1865 fan letter from a fellow writer, Madame George Sand. From the above passage, a reasonable question with "1865" as the answer would be:
In what year did George Sand write a letter to Tolstoy?
Based on the context and the answer, generate a question. Context: She praised Verne's two early novels Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), then added: "Soon I hope you'll take us into the ocean depths, your characters traveling in diving equipment perfected by your science and your imagination." Answer: She was a fan of Verne's work.
How did the woman feel about Verne's novels?
Thus inspired, Verne created one of literature's great rebels, a freedom fighter who plunged beneath the waves to wage a unique form of guerilla warfare. Generate a question from the above passage :
What was the name of the character Verne created?
Initially, Verne's narrative was influenced by the 1863 uprising of Poland against Tsarist Russia. Generate a question from the above passage :
What year did the uprising take place?
The Poles were quashed with a violence that appalled not only Verne but all Europe. Given that the answer to a question is "wanted to see the violence stop", what is the question?
What will Verne want to do next?
As originally conceived, Verne's Captain Nemo was a Polish nobleman whose entire family had been slaughtered by Russian troops. From the above passage, a reasonable question with "Russian troops" as the answer would be:
Who murdered Captain Nemo's family?
Generate a question about the following movie plot: Nemo builds a fabulous futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, then conducts an underwater campaign of vengeance against his imperialist oppressor.
Who is the leader of the Nautilus?
But in the 1860s France had to treat the Tsar as an ally, and Verne's publisher Pierre Hetzel pronounced the book unprintable. From the above passage, a reasonable question with "Pierre Hetzel" as the answer would be:
Who was Verne's publisher?
I want to test the ability of students to read a passage and answer questions about it. Could you please come up with a good question for the passage "Verne reworked its political content, devising new nationalities for Nemo and his great enemy--information revealed only in a later novel, The Mysterious Island (1875); in the present work Nemo's background remains a dark secret."?
What is the main character's name?
In all, the novel had a difficult gestation. Given that the answer to a question is "write the novel", what is the question?
What does Lee need to do before this?
Verne and Hetzel were in constant conflict and the book went through multiple drafts, struggles reflected in its several working titles over the period 1865-69: early on, it was variously called Voyage Under the Waters, Twenty-five Thousand Leagues Under the Waters, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Waters, and A Thousand Leagues Under the Oceans. Generate a question from the above passage :
What was the first name of the person who was in conflict with Verne?
Verne is often dubbed, in Isaac Asimov's phrase, "the world's first science-fiction writer." From the above passage, a reasonable question with "Verne" as the answer would be:
Who is often called the world's first science fiction writer?
And it's true, many of his sixty-odd books do anticipate future events and technologies: From the Earth to the Moon (1865) and Hector Servadac (1877) deal in space travel, while Journey to the Center 5 of the Earth features travel to the earth's core. Generate a question from the above passage :
What book does Verne write about space travel?
But with Verne the operative word is "travel," and some of his best-known titles don't really qualify as sci-fi: Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) and Michael Strogoff (1876) are closer to "travelogs"-- adventure yarns in far-away places. Generate a question from the above passage :
What was the name of the book Verne wrote in 1872?
These observations partly apply here. From the above passage, a reasonable question with "partly" as the answer would be:
How much do these observations apply here?
The subtitle of the present book is An Underwater Tour of the World, so in good travelog style, the Nautilus's exploits supply an episodic story line. Generate a question from the above passage :
What is the subtitle of the book?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Shark attacks, giant squid, cannibals, hurricanes, whale hunts, and other rip-roaring adventures erupt almost at random. Options: A cannibals B hurricanes C shark attacks D whale hunts Answer: C shark attacks Question:
The book is about many adventures such as _ .
Yet this loose structure gives the novel an air of documentary realism. Generate a question from the above passage :
What does the loose structure of the novel give it?
What's more, Verne adds backbone to the action by developing three recurring motifs: the deepening mystery of Nemo's past life and future intentions, the mounting tension between Nemo and hot-tempered harpooner Ned Land, and Ned's ongoing schemes to escape from the Nautilus. Generate a question from the above passage :
What is the name of the harpooner that is at odds with Nemo?
These unifying threads tighten the narrative and accelerate its momentum. Generate a question from the above passage :
What does this thread do for the story?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Other subtleties occur inside each episode, the textures sparkling with wit, information, and insight. Options: A They are boring. B They are dull. C They are subtle. D They are serious. Answer: C They are subtle. Question:
How are the subtleties inside each episode?
Verne regards the sea from many angles: in the domain of marine biology, he gives us thumbnail sketches of fish, seashells, coral, sometimes in great catalogs that swirl past like musical cascades; in the realm of geology, he studies volcanoes literally inside and out; in the world of commerce, he celebrates the high-energy entrepreneurs who lay the Atlantic Cable or dig the Suez Canal. Generate a question from the above passage :
What does Verne study in the world of geology?
And Verne's marine engineering proves especially authoritative. Given that the answer to a question is "knowledgeable", what is the question?
How would you describe Verne?
His specifications for an open-sea submarine and a self-contained diving suit were decades before their time, yet modern technology bears them out triumphantly. Generate a question from the above passage :
What was the name of the man who designed an open-sea submarine and a self-contained diving suit?
True, today's scientists know a few things he didn't: the South Pole isn't at the water's edge but far inland; sharks don't flip over before attacking; giant squid sport ten tentacles not eight; sperm whales don't prey on their whalebone cousins. Generate a question from the above passage :
How many tentacles do giant squid have?
This notwithstanding, Verne furnishes the most evocative portrayal of the ocean depths before the arrival of Jacques Cousteau and technicolor film. Generate a question from the above passage :
Who is the first person to explore the ocean depths?
Lastly the book has stature as a novel of character. Generate a question from the above passage :
What is the book's stature as a novel of character?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article, with the given choices and answer: Article: Even the supporting cast is shrewdly drawn: Professor Aronnax, the career scientist caught in an ethical conflict; Conseil, the compulsive classifier who supplies humorous tag lines for Verne's fast facts; the harpooner Ned Land, a creature of constant appetites, man as heroic animal. Options: A a scientist B a harpooner C a compulsive classifier D a professor Answer: D a professor Question:
Professor Aronnax is a _ .
But much of the novel's brooding power comes from Captain Nemo. Given that the answer to a question is "a character that is awe inspiring", what is the question?
How would you describe Captain Nemo?
Based on the context and the answer, generate a question. Context: Inventor, musician, Renaissance genius, he's a trail-blazing creation, the prototype not only for countless renegade scientists in popular fiction, but even for such varied figures as Sherlock Holmes or Wolf Larsen. Answer: He was an inventor.
What was the narrator's profession?
However, Verne gives his hero's brilliance and benevolence a dark underside--the man's obsessive hate for his old enemy. Generate a question from the above passage :
What does Verne give his hero?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: This compulsion leads Nemo into ugly contradictions: he's a fighter for freedom, yet all who board his ship are imprisoned there for good; he works to save lives, both human and animal, yet he himself creates a holocaust; he detests imperialism, yet he lays personal claim to the South Pole.
Question: What does Nemo do to the people who board his ship? Options: A He gives them freedom. B He gives them a good life. C He gives them a chance to save lives. D He imprisons them. Answer: D
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: And in this last action he falls into the classic sin of Pride.
Question: The last action of this person is _ . Options: A to be proud of himself B to be humble C to be kind D to be serious Answer: A
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: He's swiftly punished.
Question: What will happen to him? Options: A He will be punished. B He will be fired. C He will be praised. D He will be rewarded. Answer: A
The Nautilus nearly perishes in the Antarctic and Nemo sinks into a growing depression. Given that the answer to a question is "dangerous", what is the question?
How would you describe the Antarctic?
Write a multi-choice question for the following article: Article: Like Shakespeare's King Lear he courts death and madness in a great storm, 6 then commits mass murder, collapses in catatonic paralysis, and suicidally runs his ship into the ocean's most dangerous whirlpool.
Question: What is the writer's attitude towards the story? Options: A He is critical. B He is sympathetic. C He is objective. D He is subjective. Answer: C