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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 weird little tickles.
(b) As soft little tentacles.
(c) As strange little hooks.
(d) As disgusting little claws.

2. How have the Morlocks cared for the Time Machine?
(a) They have taken out the crystals.
(b) They have oiled and cleaned it.
(c) They have broken it into pieces.
(d) They have given it a fresh coat of paint.

3. 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 matches.
(c) The pipe.
(d) The torch.

4. The Time Traveler assumes that his voice is too what for the Eloi?
(a) Harsh and deep.
(b) Biting and caustic.
(c) Sonorous and scathing.
(d) Rough and loud.

5. How does the Time Traveler attempt to communicate the concept of time to the first Eloi he meets?
(a) He uses math, the universal language.
(b) He points to the sun.
(c) He looks at his watch.
(d) He lectures them on the Fourth Dimension.

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. When the Time Traveler and Weena are seeking refuge in the Palace of Green Porcelain, what is remarkable about the statue of the faun they find on their way?

3. Which group of people is compared to the Carolingian kings in Chapter 7?

4. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?

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

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