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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the texture of the Eloi's hair?
(a) Fine.
(b) Braided.
(c) Curly.
(d) Straight.

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

4. What does the Time Traveler decide about Weena at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) To bring her into the far future.
(b) To stay here and marry her.
(c) To teach her to flight the Morlock.
(d) To bring her into the past with him.

5. Why did the Morlocks' plan fail?
(a) It turned out that they were afraid of the dark.
(b) The Time Traveler had a gun to fight them.
(c) The Time Traveler had a working torch.
(d) They did not understand the nature of the Time Machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to the children the Time Traveler is used to, what does he estimate the intellectual age of the Eloi to be?

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

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

4. How was the archway into the great hall of the Eloi decorated?

5. What, according to the Time Traveler, must be "useless" if nature is appealing to intelligence?

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