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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Eloi wear on their heads?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Skullcaps.
(c) Turbans.
(d) Derby hats.

2. How much does the Editor offer to pay for the Time Traveler's story?
(a) A pound a word.
(b) A shilling a line.
(c) A penny a word.
(d) A pound a paragraph.

3. Why cannot Weena help the Time Traveler make out or interpret the inscription he finds in the Palace of Green Porcelain?
(a) Because Weena did not want to.
(b) Because Weena does not speak any language at all.
(c) Because Weena was a bad student of history.
(d) Because she is illiterate/has no written language.

4. On what day of the week did the guests come for dinner?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

5. Which of the following dinner guests was at the second dinner, but NOT at the first?
(a) Hillyer.
(b) The Very Young Man.
(c) Blank.
(d) Filby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler notice about Eloi gender roles?

2. Where does the Time Traveler live?

3. How did the Time Traveler make friends with Weena?

4. In Chapter 3, which of the following things is wrong with the time machine when the Time Traveler returns?

5. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?

(see the answer key)

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