WONDER #598: What Was the Kraken?

Question 1 of 3

Alfred Tennyson published a ________ about the kraken.

1. novel
2. sonnet
3. autobiography
4. short story

Question 2 of 3

The kraken supposedly lived in the depths of the sea off the coast of which countries?

1. England and France
2. Greenland and Canada
3. Australia and Indonesia
4. Norway and Iceland

Question 3 of 3

This Wonder was mostly about...

1. how the kraken became extinct.
2. why mythical creatures are parts of many popular stories.
3. the kraken, a mythical creature likely based on the giant squid.
4. what causes people to be afraid of sea monsters.

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