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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Time Traveler describe the feeling of the Eloi touching him?
(a) As disgusting little claws.
(b) As soft little tentacles.
(c) As strange little hooks.
(d) As weird little tickles.

2. The Time Traveler remarks in Chapter 4 that the first Eloi he sees has a strange absence of what instinct?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Aggression.
(d) Curiosity.

3. Why is it significant that the moon is starting to wane in Chapter 7?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Because the nights will be darker.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Because the Morlocks feed off lunar energy.

4. Discussing the fear of the Eloi during the New Moon, the Time Traveler says that his fear is different than theirs. Why?
(a) He is not paralyzed by his fear.
(b) He is not afraid of the Morlocks.
(c) He is afraid of the Eloi.
(d) He knows he has an escape route.

5. What, according to the Time Traveler, must be "useless" if nature is appealing to intelligence?
(a) "Intuition and ritual."
(b) "Drive and desire."
(c) "Habit and instinct."
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Eloi offer the Time Traveler when he intimates that he did in fact come out of the thunderstorm?

2. What year does the Time Traveler estimate he has traveled to before he actually reports what exact year the machine recorded?

3. Why did the Morlocks' plan fail?

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

5. Faced with his loathing of the Morlocks, the Time Traveler feels like a what "in a cage"?

(see the answer key)

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