The Time Machine | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. What color are the Time Traveler's eyes?

Grey.

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

Geometry.

3. Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?

Filby.

4. What is the Fourth Dimension?

Time.

5. Which of the characters says that he has never heard of the Fourth Dimension?

The Provincial Mayor.

6. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?

New York Mathematical Society.

7. Which battle does the Psychologist mention, when the men speak of traveling in history to see past battles?

The Battle of Hastings.

8. Which character suggests that, in the future, time travelers might encounter communist societies?

The narrator.

9. How big is the model time machine the Time Traveler shows his guests?

The size of a small clock.

10. What shape are the tables in the Time Traveler's room?