The conventional rule is to take the plural form of the verb when two nouns are joined by the conjunction 'and'. However, there are exceptions. Only then can you break the rule.
When the two nouns refer to one thing only, then you can use the single form. For example: The president and the CEO joins the meeting today. In this example, the president and CEO apply to one person only. Hence, you use the singular form of the verb.
The point of view of the narrator in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is <span>first-person limited. It is told like a narrator's experience. He is unprejdiced and he just wants to tell a story.</span>
D. In an encyclopedia under the word “dictionary”
To be honest I think it is true but I haven't read this book since 7th grade and I'm 11 so I would check up on that
