Chapter 1: Phileas Fogg Finds a New Butler
TASK : Fill in the blanks.
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The setting is No 7, Savile Row, ____________(1), the house of ______________(2), an English gentleman. He is a serious-faced Englishman of about ______(3) who lives alone with his butler. He lives a life that is governed by the _______________(4). Everything he does, is timed to the very last minute and second. He had just fired his butler who had brought water for shaving two degrees lower that what he wanted. A new butler, ________________________(5), is subsequently employed and he explores the house trying to learn more about his employer.
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ANSWERS :
*Phileas Fogg * Jean Passepartout * 40
* London *clock
Chapter 2: Fogg Says Something He Might Regret
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Fill in the blanks.
Fogg goes to the _____________________(1) as he usually does to have his meals and play ____________(2) with his gentleman friends. The men talk about the robbery that took place in the ________________________________(3) where the robbers got away with_______________(4). Ralph says that the robber would not be caught because he could be anywhere in the world as a man could travel faster these days. Andrew doubts it and Fogg ensures him that a trip round the world can be done in _____________(5)days. Andrew wagers £ 4 000 that it cannot be done and Fogg puts up _____________(6), which is half his fortune, to prove that it can be done. The departure date is set on the very day, Wednesday, October 2, 1867, 8.45 pm and the return date will be Saturday, December 21, 1867. The wager is officially signed by the two gentlemen.
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ANSWERS :
* Reform Club * Bank of England * £ 55 000
* £ 20 000 * cards * eighty
Chapter 3: Phileas Fogg Shocks his New Butler.
Chapter 3: Phileas Fogg Shocks his New Butler.
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Fill in the blanks.
Timeline: Phileas leaves the Reform Club at 7.25 and tells Passepartout that they are going to catch 8.45 pm train to _________ and start their 80-day journey around the world.
Summary: Phileas Fogg leaves the Reform Club at seven twenty -five and on reaching home informs his __________ that they are going on a trip around to be completed in eighty days. He instructs the butler to pack quickly __________ carpetbags with two _________ and three pairs of _________ each because they are going to catch the 8.45 pm train to Dover. Jean Passepartout is naturally shocked but does as he is told. Fogg is ready with two travel guides, one for the railway and the other for the boats and a wallet with twenty thousand pounds which he puts in the carpetbag Passepartout has given him. Passepartout clings on to the precious bag as they board the train. The journey has started.
ANSWERS :
* two * Dover * socks * shirts *butler
Chapter
4: Introducing Detective Fix
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Underline the correct answers in the brackets .
Timeline: Phileas Fogg and group arrive in Suez: Wednesday, October 9, 11
a.m. They (dock/walk ) for four hours and leave.
Summary: Fogg and Passepartout reach (Suez/Guez) on Wednesday, (October/December) 9 at eleven o’clock. While in Egypt, they
are watched by a Scotland Yard detective named (Fox/Fix), who has been sent from
London to look for the robber who robbed the Bank of (Scotland/England). Fix feels that
Fogg fits the description. He sent a telegram asking for warrant to
arrest Fogg.
Chapter 5: Phileas Fogg Travels Across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Timeline: Phileas and group leave Suez at 3 pm local time; stop at Aden for
coal, leave at 6 pm local time; 800 miles and seven short days to Bombay. They
arrive two days earlier than scheduled in Bombay. A two day gain.
Summary: Mongolia leaves with Fix,
Phileas and Passepartout on board to
Bombay. Fix makes friends with Passepartout to get know more about Phileas and
his plans. They dock two days ahead of schedule. The group is to leave Calcutta
by train at 8 pm.
Passepartout
goes sightseeing in Bombay and enters a Hindu temple not knowing foreigners are
not allowed. Three priests attack him and Passepartout flees. He arrives at
7.55 pm at the station and Phileas is not happy. Fix realizes a ‘crime’ has
been committed on Indian soil and is going to use this as a reason to arrest
them. He plans to take the next train to Calcutta, thinking he should be there earlier.
Answer the questions below :
- Who is the steamer that takes the travellers to the Suez Canal?
- How many days were gained?
- Why was Passepartout attacked?
Chapter
6: Phileas Fogg Rides an Elephant
fi Fill in the blanks.
Timeline : October 22. After many hours, train stops at Burhampoor. Later, it
suddenly stops at a village because the railway track ends there. Phileas buys
an elephant and the group starts to travel to Allahabad at 9 am.
Answers :
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* elephant *two * Ali
*Allahabad * railroad
Chapter
7: Phileas Fogg, Passepartout and Sir Francis Have an Adventure
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Timeline: The group travel through the
forest and stop halfway at night. At 6 am they continue their journey, hoping
to reach Allahabad in the evening. Six miles from Allahabad they rescued a
young girl, Aouda and race away towards Allahabad.
Summary: The group have a rough ride through the forest and dry fields.
Bandits are known to terrorize travellers in these places. By evening, they
have covered half the distance to Allahabad railway station. They stop for the
night and at 6 am are on their way again.
With
only six miles to go, they stop for a snack before continuing. Suddenly, they
see a procession ahead. They hide themselves and see a young girl who has been
kidnapped being led by armed men.
Phileas insist on saving her. He still has twelve hours to spare. They
wait till dark for the guards to go to sleep. They creep to the hut where she
is held, and while Passepartout and Ali start breaking the wall of the hut.
Phileas and Sir Francis watch from behind a tree. When a guard suddenly wakes
up, the two of them hit him on the head and help Ali and Passepartout dig away
at the wall.
They
enter the hut and Passepartout carries
the young girl out. But they have been seen and the bandits chase them
shooting arrows at them. Phileas and
group get to the elephant on time, climb on and off they go.
Question :
Describe
an interesting event that happened.
Chapter
8: The Trip Down the Ganges
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Timeline: The group reaches Allahabad at mid-morning. A little later they
board the train to Benares and later Calcutta.
Summary: The travellers then hasten towards Allahabad to catch the train to
Calcutta. They reach the place by mid-morning. Phileas gives the elephant has a
gift to Ali. They board the train with Sir Francis carrying still sleeping Aouda. Later she wakes up and is frightened to
see the men. Phileas explains to her
what happened and Aouda is really
grateful. Aouda informs that the bandits have killed her family.
Qquestions :
1)
What was given to Ali?
2)
What happened to Aouda’s family?
Chapter
9: Phileas Fogg Spends A Lot Of Money
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Timeline: Arrived at Calcutta and had a few hours before leaving at noon on
the steamer for Hong Kong.
Summary: At Calcutta, they are to board a ___________(1) going to Hong
Kong. Detective Fix , who had secretly followed them to Calcutta has Fogg and
Passepartout arrested. They are taken to __________(2) and the judge fines Passepartout for illegally entering the ____________(3) in
Bombay. Phileas paid the __________ (4)of two thousand pounds. Fix had wanted to keep them in Calcutta until
he could get an arrest ____________(5) but
he is forced to follow them to Hong Kong.
Answers :
Chapter
10: The Voyage from India to Hong Kong
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Timeline: The Rangoon leaves for
Hong Kong and the journey takes twelve days. It lands in Singapore en route ,
half a day before schedule. Late in the morning , it sets sail again. Lands in
Hong Kong one day late due to bad weather.
Boat to Japan also delayed due to boiler trouble. Steamer to leave for Yokohama the next day at
5 am.
Summary: The three travellers set sail for Hong Kong on the_______________(1) Passepartout meets Fix and wonders why they
meet him everywhere they go. He suspects that he has been sent by the Reform Club
members to __________(2) on Phileas. Meanwhile, Aouda tells the other two all
about herself, the daughter of a wealthy ___________(3) and she has a cousin , Jeejah Jeejeebhoy in Hong
Kong.
The
ship _________(4) in Singapore half a
day before schedule, giving Phileas more time. Late in the morning the Rangoon sets sail for Hong Kong. Bad
weather makes the streamer fall behind schedule. Pessepartout is upset but
Phileas remains____________(5). Bad weather continues and the Rangoon would be a full day late. Phileas could miss the boat
to Japan. On landing in Hong Kong, they find out that the steamer to Japan, the Carnatic, has __________(6) trouble
and so would be leaving only the next morning at 5 am.
Fix
sees Hong Kong as his last chance to arrest Fogg on British soil. He therefore
confides in Passepartout, who does not believe a word and remains convinced that his master is not
a bank robber.
It turns out that Aouda’s relative moved to Holland two years ago and so Phileas decides she will follow them to Europe.
Answers :
Chapter
11: Passepartout Takes Too Great An Interest In Phileas Fogg, and What Comes of
It
Timeline: It is early November, and Phileas has been away from London for
about thirty –six days. The Carnatic leaves
that evening and not the following morning. Phileas misses the boat, hires
another and chases the Carnatic. A
number of days later, around five days, they spot the Carnatic three miles from Shanghai. Phileas and Aouda board it.
Summary: The Carnatic is to leave
Hong Kong for Japan earlier than usual. Fix sees Hong Kong as his last chance
to arrest Fogg on British soil. He meets Passepartout and tells him about his
suspicion but latter does not believe a word – his monsieur is not a bank
robber. To prevent Passepartout informing his master about the Carnatic’s early departure, Fix has arranged for an associate
to knock him out unconscious. Fix then leaves the unconscious Passepartout at
the restaurant.
Phileas
and Aouda realize Passepartout is missing. They also learn from Fix that the Carnatic has left. Phileas
immediately makes arrangements for another boat , the Tankadere, to take them to Shanghai and there they will catch the Carnatic to San Francisco. Fogg
leaves some money with the police to find Passepartout. Fogg invites Fix to
join them . Fix is struck by his gentlemanly manner.
The Tankadere sails through some stormy
weather. Then three miles from Shanghai they spot the Carnatic leaving for San Francisco. The sailors use cannon to
attract its attention and the Carnatic
stops allowing Phileas and Aouda to board. The journey continues!
Questions :
1)
Which boat took Fogg, Aouda
and Fix to Shanghai.
2) What happened to Passepartout?
3)
Give an evidence that shows
Fogg is kind hearted.
Chapter
12: Passepartout Travels on Alone, and Grows A Very Long Nose
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Underline the correct answer in the bracket :
Timeline:The Carnatic leaves in the
evening to make the six days’ trip to Yokohama.
It docks for full day and night. The next afternoon Passepartout, Phileas and
Aouda are reunited and leave on the ship General
Grant to San Francisco.
Summary:
The next
day, Passepartout in spite of his dizziness, is aware that the Carnatic
is sailing early. He manages to get on the ship only to discover later
that Phileas and Aouda are not aboard. On disembarking in Yokohama he wanders
around (hungry, happily) the
whole day and night because he has no money. He sells his clothes and with the
money he buys a Japanese costume and
some food.
Suddenly he sees a
( cook, clown) carrying a
billboard advertising the last show of a travelling ( circus, cinema). Seeing
that the circus is headed for America, Passepartout asks the circus owner for a
job because he was once an acrobat and could do circus acts. He is asked to
wear a six-foot long nose made from bamboo and form a human pyramid with other
acrobats, balancing themselves on their ( noses, legs) . Unfortunately,
Passepartout sees ( Andrew , Phileas) in the
crowd and he rushes towards him, causing the pyramid to come tumbling down. The
three leave the theatre and Phileas pays Mr Batulcar some money for the repair
of the Noses.
Chapter
13: Mr Fogg and Party Cross the Pacific Ocean
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Timeline: General Grant’s trip from
Japan to San Francisco is to take 21 days and a further nine days to New York.
By the ninth day on board the ship Phileas has covered one half of the globe, a
journey that has taken 52 days. Now he has only 28 days left to cover the other
half. General Grant would arrive in
San Francisco on 2nd December, giving Phileas ten days to get back
to England. From San Francisco, the group board a train to New York, pass
through California, Sacremento, the Sierra Nevada Mountains. By the evening of
the second day, they have passed through Utah, the Great Salt Lake and then
make a stop at Ogden. From here the train moves on through the Rocky Mountains
until it comes to a sudden stop before a bridge.
Summary: Time is running out for
Phileas but he does not seem to show any worry. Detective Fix has finally got
his arrest warrant but he cannot arrest Phileas because he is no longer on
British soil. When Fix steps out on the deck, Passepartout sees him and punches
him on the nose. Fix promises Passepartout that now he will no longer try to
delay Fogg’s journey, but rather support him in getting back to Britain as fast
as possible. Of course fix intends to arrest Fogg on British soil but for now
he would not be a threat.
When the
steamer docks in San Francisco in the morning, Phileas books the train to New
York, due to leave at 6pm. The train speeds through cities and prairie country
the train makes a six-hour stop in Ogden and then on north through the Rocky
Mountains. Suddenly the train stops before a bridge because it is out and
unstable. The alternative is to walk Medicine Bow, a mile away. But it will
take six hour because they have to cross the overflowing river. The other
alternative is a risky one. Colonel Proctor, one of the passengers, suggest
that if the train went at top speed , they might make it across. The
train engineer agrees . The train leaps from one bank to another safely, just
before the bridge collapses.
Queations :
1)
How long is the trip from Japan
to America supposed to be?
2) Why is the arrest warrant useless to Fix?
3) What does the butler do when he meets Fix again ?
4) Did the train make it across the bridge?
Chapter
14: Phileas and Passepartout Meet Outlaws and Bandits on the Railroad
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Fill in the blanks :
Timeline: The train takes them past Fort Saunders, the Cheynne Pass to the
Evans Pass on through Wyoming and Colorado and into Nebraska. Near Omaha the
train suddenly stops. Later the train moves off to New York without Phileas and
group. Phileas has to hire a sled and they catch up with the train bound for
New York. They arrive in Chicago twenty-four hours before the steamer leaves
from New York for England. When they arrive in New York they are 45 minutes too
late to catch the China bound for England.
Summary: The _____________(1) passes through the northern states of North
America but near Omaha, it suddenly stops and quickly starts moving again. A
band of nearly hundred _____________(2) has attacked the train. They are armed
and start robbing the passengers. They have knocked out the engineer of the train and
so the train is moving fast with no ____________(3).
Learning
that if the train is not stopped, it would crash at Fort Kearney, Phileas
starts moving towards the front of the train but Passepartout beats him to it.
Passepartout crawls under the moving train, until he reaches the front of the
train. He pulls the safety chain from the engine car resulting in it pulling
away from the rest of the train. The train comes to a halt at _________________(4)station.
Seeing the soldiers with guns at the station, the bandits flee.
Worried
for Passepartout’s safety, Phileas
volunteers to look for him and the other kidnapped passengers. Thirty _____________(5)
volunteer to help him and Phileas promises to give them five thousand dollars
if the prisoners are saved. Meanwhile the engineer of the train has woken up
and realizing what has happened, drivers the engine backwards to Fort Kearney
to pick up the passengers. Aouda refuses to go without her two friends and Fix
stays back too.
At
dawn Phileas and Passepartout make it safely back but the train has left. They
are at a loss. Fix suggests hiring a man who has a sled and sails who could
take them to Omaha and catch up with the train. The sled owner , _____________
(6), speeds over the prairie and manages to help the group catch the train.
Soon the train arrives in Chicago twenty-four hours before the steamer leaves
New York for England. But it is too late because the steamer left _____________(7)
minutes earlier. Now, Phileas has to figure out something else.
Answers :
Chapter
15: Phileas Fogg Finds A Way to Liverpool
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Underline the correct answers in the brackets :
Timeline: It is now December 12. Phileas has nine days, thirteen hours and
forty-five minutes to win his wager. At 9 am, he and his friends board the
ship, Henrietta bound for Bordeaux.
Hearing Phileas’s story, the crew sets a new course to Liverpool. They pass Newfoundland
and out into the Atlantic Ocean. On
December 6, 700 miles from Liverpool, Phileas learns they are out of coal. Phileas
buys the entire ship so that the crew can burn part of it. They dock at
Liverpool with just nine hours to go.
Summary: It is already December 12. Phileas goes out to find a ship that
will take them to (Liverpool , Australia) immediately. He strikes up a
bargain with a captain of a small trading ship, Henrietta. Phileas offers to pay (two
, five ) thousand dollars per
passenger and Captain Speedy agrees to
take them but only to Bordeaux. They leave at 9 am. However, on board, Phileas
tells the crew his desperate story and the crew sets a new course to Liverpool.
This angers the captain, Captain Speedy for he feels Phileas has taken over. The first few days of the
voyage is good as they pass Newfoundland and come into the open sea.
On
December 16, Phileas finds out they are out of (coal, food). He
offers to buy the boat from Captain Speedy at a very high price so that he can
burn parts of the boat as fuel. With (seven,
nine ) hours to go, they
arrive at Liverpool and get off the Henrietta quickly. It is the moment Fix
has been waiting for. He arrests ( Passepartout , Fogg).
Chapter
16: The wager is Lost!
Timeline
: Phileas has exactly nine hours left to be in The
Reform Club . The trip from Liverpool to London would take six hours . But
Phileas is in jail. About two hours
later, he is freed. Phileas hires a special train that leaves at 3 pm.
When he reaches London , it is 8.50 pm. He is five minutes too late to win his
wager.
Answers :
Chapter
17: The Wager is Won!
 Timeline : Passepartout informs Phileas that that day is Saturday and the next day is Sunday and not Monday as they think. They had travelled east and because of the difference in time zones, have gained an entire day. It is already 8.30 pm on December 21, and so they dash into a cab to go to The Reform Club. At 8.55 pm applause is heard outside the Club and at 8.57 pm Phileas Fogg enters the room. He has won the wager! Summary: Phileas feels sad. He has been ruined by the silliness of one detective. They have travelled thousands of miles and overcome dangers and now he lost his fortune to his friends. Aouda is also sad for this noble man. Passepartout blames himself for his monsieur’s troubles. Phileas does not leave for The Reform Club that day.
After dinner Phileas apologizes to Aouda
for bringing her to England because now he has no money to help her start a new
life. Aouda ask Phileas to forgive her for delaying him in the first place. Phileas
tells her that he will be fine even with
no friends and family. Aouda says that she will be his wife and they can face
the future together. Phileas confesses his love
for her and want to marry her. Phileas asks Passepartout to contact the
Reverend to conduct his marriage the next day . Passepartout runs off.
Suddenly
Passepartout runs in excitedly. He tells Phileas that they had mistaken the
Saturday for Sunday. They had been travelling east and so had gained a day due
to the difference in time zone. In fact thay had returned one day earlier to
win the bet. All three race to the Reform Club in a taxi. At the Club all the
five friends are nervously waiting. Samuel says that Phileas always arrives
exactly on time. True enough at 8.55 pm Phileas and his friends enter the Club
to the applause of the people there. At 8.57 pm Phileas enters the room to win
the wager. Two days later Phileas and Aouda are married. Not only does he win
his wager, more importantly he has won a loving wife.
Questions :
1)
Why does Aouda feel guilty for
Phileas Fogg’s loss?
2)
How does Phileas Fogg react
towards Aouda’s proposal?
Exercise
Synopsis
The story begins in ______________(1). It is about a man named ____________(2).
He is a rich bachelor who lives alone in a big house with a _____________(3).
However no one knows the source of his wealth. He has a few regular habits and very
fussy. He fires his former butler, James Foster for bringing him his shaving
water two degrees too cold. He then hires___________________(4), a
Frenchman of about 30.
Later that day at the____________(5), he gets into a conversation with
his friends as to whether it is possible to go around the world in 80 days. He
believes it is possible and takes the challenge with a bet of ____________(6) pounds.
So he and his butler go on their adventure carrying only a ______________(7)
containing a few clothes and a lot of money. During the travel, he is followed
by ______________(8) who assumes that Fogg is the bank robber. Fix believes
Fogg is the robber as he matches the description of the bank robber. While in
the journey, Fix befriends Passepartout. Fix makes Passepartout wonder whether
his master might be the robber. However Passepartout trusts that his master is
a good and honest man.
Fogg has to face many problems throughout his journey. One of them is
when the train in India is discontinued and he has to buy an elephant,
___________(9), to continue his journey. There he runs across a gang of bandits
and bravely saves Aouda. While in Hong Kong, he also misses the ship to
Yokohama. Another problem is when the train from San Francisco to New York is
robbed by a gang of robbers and Passepartout is kidnapped. He then misses the
dateline when Fix arrests him at Liverpool. However, in the end, everything
goes well. Fogg wins the wager and finds beautiful ________________(10) as his wife.
Fill in the blanks
with suitable answers below.
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