Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. How hot does Axel believe the center of the Earth to be?

A) 10,000 degrees F

B) 360,000 degrees F

C) 42,000 degrees F

D) Incalculably hot

2. What hereditary disease is said to be prevalent in Iceland?

A) Leprosy

B) Shaking palsy

C) Ague

D) Apoplexy

3. Why does the professor pull on the leaves of plants?

A) He’s checking if they are edible.

B) It’s a nervous habit.

C) It’s a way to prove a scientific theory.

D) He’s more impatient than nature.

4. What do the compass readings indicate after the storm at sea?

A) They are under Hamburg.

B) The compass is broken.

C) They are beneath Turkey.

D) They are on the shore they departed from.

5. According to the professor, what does science consist of?

A) Mistakes that lead to the truth

B) Hypotheses that lead to axioms

C) Experiments that lead to conclusions

D) Irrational ideas that redefine reason

6. What is the subject of the 700-year-old book?

A) A sword found in a cave

B) Norwegian princes in Iceland

C) Metaphysics and moral philosophy

D) The volcanoes of Iceland

7. What does the professor discover about Iceland’s library?

A) There isn’t a single library in the country.

B) The people share the library books among themselves.

C) It has a collection of 800,000 valuable texts.

D) It’s little used because most Icelanders can’t read.

8. How does Axel react to the deposits of precious minerals that he sees?