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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) It is made of wood.
(b) It lacks a head.
(c) It is made of glass.
(d) It is two-headed.

2. To what insect does the Time Traveler compare the Morlocks repeatedly in Chapter 7?
(a) Wasps.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Ants.
(d) Bees.

3. What word best describes the Time Traveler's actions just before he realizes that he cannot easily light the matches?
(a) Ego.
(b) Irony.
(c) Hubris.
(d) Id.

4. Compared to the children the Time Traveler is used to, what does he estimate the intellectual age of the Eloi to be?
(a) About 5 years old.
(b) About 3 years old.
(c) About 10 years old.
(d) About 7 years old.

5. What year does the Time Traveler estimate he has traveled to before he actually reports what exact year the machine recorded?
(a) 804000.
(b) 802000.
(c) 8049.
(d) 2194.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Time Traveler assumes that his voice is too what for the Eloi?

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

3. While the Time Traveler notices that the constellations are different in the night sky as he and Weena bed down in the forest, what is the one celestial feature that is seemingly unchanged?

4. How many Eloi are in the first group the Time Traveler meets soon after he lands?

5. What objects were the Morlocks attempting to pry out of the Time Traveler's fingers while they were struggling in the dark?

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