Chapter 3/ 3rd Prep

Chapter 3

The professor and Axel prepared for their journey. They packed guns, tools and scientific instruments into boxes. They travelled to Copenhagen where they got letters of introduction to import people in Iceland. They sailed to the capital of Iceland, where they met Dr. Fridrikson. He told the Professor about the Iceland volcanoes which weren’t explored and suggested for him, Sneffels volcano. He also arranged for a guide called Hans to go with them.
Hans, the Professor and Axel travelled for three days in the countryside. There were hardly any animals or crops. They had to cross inlets. The Icelanders were kind and helpful. The three men slept in farm houses. The Icelanders gave them the best food and drink. They refused to take money. The three men climbed up through sharp rocks. Axel got tired while the Professor walked very quickly. Axel was frightened that the volcano might not be extinct. At last they reached the top of Sneffels which looked like a cone.
The next morning, they began to go down to the bottom of the crater with the help of ropes. At the bottom they found three chimneys. The Professor found on the rock letters which spelt the name of Arne Saknussemm . This meant that they were in the right way to the centre of the earth. They couldn’t find the right chimney and there was no shadow of Scartaris because there was no sun.

Exercises on chapter ( 3 )
1. What did Axel and his uncle prepare for the journey?
Axel and his uncle prepared guns, instruments, tools, food and water.

2. How did they travel to Iceland?
They travelled to Iceland by steamer.

3. Who did they meet in Copenhagen?
They met in Copenhagen the Danish Scientist.

4. How was the Danish Scientist helpful to the characters?
He gave them letters of introductions to the most important men in Iceland.

5. Who did they meet in the capital of Iceland?
They met Dr. Fridrikson.

6. How did Dr. Fridrikson help the explorers?
He gave them information about Sneffels and arranged for a guide called Hans.


7. Who was Hans?
Hans was a guide from Iceland.

8. How was Hans helpful?
He guided Axel and his uncle to Sneffels.

9. How were the Icelanders helpful to the three men?
They gave them the best food and drinks and refused their offers of money.

10. How were the countryside of Iceland different?
The countryside of Iceland were different because there were no crops except bare rocks.


11. How was the Crater of Sneffels shaped like?
The Crater of Sneffels was like an ice-cream cone.

12. How did they descend to the bottom of the chimney?
They descended to the bottom of the chimney by ropes.


13. When did Lidenbrock become sure that Arne Saknussemm made the journey before them?
Lidenbrock became sure that Arne Saknussemm made the journey before them, when he saw the letters A.S. on the rocks.

14. Why did Lidenbrock give a shout while he was exploring the three chimneys?
Lidenbrock gave a shout while he was exploring the three chimneys, because he found some the initial letters of Arne Saknussemm.

15. How many chimneys did they find at the bottom of the Crater?
They found at the bottom of the Crater three chimneys but only one leads to the center of the Earth.

16. What was Axel's bad dream?
Axel dreamed that he was inside a Volcano and it exploded and he shouted out like a rocket.

17. Why couldn't they choose the right chimney?
They couldn't choose the right chimney because there was no shadow to guide them as there was no sun

18. What was Axel proud of?
Axel was proud of being the assistant of his Uncle Professor Lidenbrock.

19. How was the sun helpful to the characters?
The was helpful to them because the shadow of Scartaris showed them which chimney to go down.

20. Which chimney did they go into? Why?
They went into the middle one as the shadow of Scartaris fell on it.

21. What did the rocks of the chimney prove to Lidenbrock?
The rocks of the chimney prove to Lidenbrock that the center of the earth couldn't be hot as the Scientists thought.

Complete the following sentences:-
1. Professor Lindenbrock prepared guns, tools and scientific instruments for the journey.
2. Lindenbrock and Axel met a Danish Scientist who gave them a letter of introduction to the most important men in Iceland.
3. They sailed to North Iceland from Copenhagen.
4. From Reykjavik Lindenbrock and Axel set off for the home of Dr. Fridrikson.
5. Lindenbrock told Fridrikson and he arranged for a guide called Hans.
6. Sneffels was an extinct volcano because it hadn’t erupted for the last six hundred years.
7. Dr. Fridrikson was so helpful to Professor Lindenbrock and called Hans to help take them to Sneffels.
8. Lindenbrock and Axel liked Hans because he didn’t talk much..
9. Axel was afraid of going down the crater because he thought it would explode.
10. As Axel was worried, he dreamed that he was inside a volcano. There was a great explosion and he was shot up out of the volcano like a rocket.
11. The three men used ropes in order to descend into the crater of Sneffels .
12. At the bottom of the crater. On the large rock they found some letters which spell the name of Arne Saknusseumm.