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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the characters says that he has never heard of the Fourth Dimension?
(a) The Time Traveler.
(b) The Provincial Mayor.
(c) Hillyer.
(d) Filby.

3. Which of the characters actually operates the model of the time machine?
(a) The Psychologist.
(b) Hillyer.
(c) The Time Traveler.
(d) The Medical Man.

4. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Mutton.
(c) Beef.
(d) Pork.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Time Traveler live?

2. The narrator mentions that if another character had shown them the time machine, they would not be as skeptical as they were of the Time Traveler. Which other character does he mention?

3. Of what material does the Sphinx appear to be made?

4. Where does the Time Traveler store the object(s) he removes from the time machine?

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

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