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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?
(a) Royal Society of Magicians.
(b) Royal Society of Learned Mathematicians.
(c) New York Time Travel Society.
(d) New York Mathematical Society.

3. Of what material does the Sphinx appear to be made?
(a) White marble.
(b) White porcelain.
(c) Green marble.
(d) Green porcelain.

4. Where does the Time Traveler store the object(s) he removes from the time machine?
(a) In his knapsack.
(b) In his pocket.
(c) Around his wrist.
(d) In a hole in the ground.

5. What is the term for a problem in time travel or a contradiction of the timeline mentioned by the Psychologist in Chapter 1?
(a) Contraindication.
(b) Paraclete.
(c) Orthodoxy.
(d) Paradox.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Inside the machine, it seems as if the housekeeper walks from one end of the room to the other like what object?

3. Which part of the Time Traveler's body has a half-healed cut on it when he returns to the second dinner?

4. Remarking on how dirty the Time Traveler's clothes were, the Journalist wonders whether or not the future has any of what object?

5. What do the Eloi wear on their heads?

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