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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?
(a) Filby.
(b) The Time Traveler.
(c) The Provincial Mayor.
(d) The Editor.

2. Which part of the Time Traveler's body has a half-healed cut on it when he returns to the second dinner?
(a) His chin.
(b) His cheek.
(c) His forehead.
(d) His neck.

3. Which character suggests that, in the future, time travelers might encounter communist societies?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Medical Man.
(c) Filby.
(d) The Psychologist.

4. Which character is described in Chapter 2 as having "more than a touch of whim among his elements"?
(a) The Psychologist.
(b) Hillyer.
(c) Filby.
(d) The Time Traveler.

5. The narrator mentions that if another character had shown them the time machine, they would not be as skeptical as they were of the Time Traveler. Which other character does he mention?
(a) The Medical Man.
(b) Filby.
(c) The Provincial Mayor.
(d) The Very Young Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it dark in the room where the men hear the Time Traveler's story?

2. What distinguishes the way the Time Traveler walks when he returns during the second dinner?

3. What is the term for a problem in time travel or a contradiction of the timeline mentioned by the Psychologist in Chapter 1?

4. On what day of the week did the guests come for dinner?

5. What academic subject is based on misconceptions, according to the Time Traveler?

(see the answer key)

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