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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?
(a) Sickening, gutteral and anxious.
(b) Strange, sweet and liquid.
(c) Weird, bizarre and rich.
(d) Strange, rapid and soft.

2. What objects were the Morlocks attempting to pry out of the Time Traveler's fingers while they were struggling in the dark?
(a) The levers.
(b) The pipe.
(c) The matches.
(d) The torch.

3. What does the Time Traveler say about "the dream of the human intellect"?
(a) That it was "wiped out."
(b) That it "committed suicide."
(c) That it was "annihilated by evolution."
(d) That it was "fated to die."

4. Which group of people is compared to the Carolingian kings in Chapter 7?
(a) The Morlock.
(b) Modern Humans.
(c) Neanderthals.
(d) The Eloi.

5. Why, does the Time Traveler imagine, the Eloi all want to touch him?
(a) To see what he will taste like.
(b) To be sure he is real.
(c) To see if he is made of metal.
(d) To keep warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the forest in Chapter 7, whom does Wells describe as the "dainty ones"?

2. Why is it significant that the moon is starting to wane in Chapter 7?

3. How have the Morlocks cared for the Time Machine?

4. What part of the Time Traveler's clothing fascinated Weena?

5. Discussing the fear of the Eloi during the New Moon, the Time Traveler says that his fear is different than theirs. Why?

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