Round the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne

Read the amazing novel written by Jules Verne and answer the following questions:

Chapter 1

1. What was Phileas Fogg like? What were his routines?
2. Why did he dismiss his servant?
3. What did Passepartout do in France? What did his name mean?
4. What things tell you that Phileas Fogg was a man who was fond of accuracy?
5. Speak about the conversation about the bank robbery.
6. Why did Phileas want to travel around the world in 80 days?
7. What was the bet?
8. Why did Phileas Fogg want his passport to be signed in different places?

Chapter 2: Fix, the detective

1. Who were the two men waiting for the Mongolia at the Suez canal? What were they talking about?
2. What was Fix’s plan? Why? What did he think?
3. Speak about the conversations between Fix and Passepartout?

Chapter 3: The train to Allahabad

1. What happened when they reached Bombay?
2. What happened to Passepartout in a temple in Bombay?
3. What did Fix decide to do? Why?
4. Who’s Sir Francis Cromarty? What did he talk about with Passepartout?
5. And with Mr Fogg?
6. Why did the train stop at Kholby?
7. Why did Mr Fogg have to resort to an elephant? Was it easy to get it?
8. How did they travel with the elephant?
9. Why did the travelers have to hide? What did they see?

The itinerary

London, United Kingdom to Suez, Egypt	rail and steamer across the Mediterranean Sea	7 days
Suez to Bombay, India	steamer across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean	13 days
Bombay to Calcutta, India	rail	3 days
Calcutta to Victoria, Hong Kong	steamer across the South China Sea	13 days
Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan	steamer across the South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean	6 days
Yokohama to San Francisco, United States	steamer across the Pacific Ocean	22 days
San Francisco to New York City, United States	rail	7 days
New York to London	steamer across the Atlantic Ocean and rail	9 days
Total		80 days