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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big is the model time machine the Time Traveler shows his guests?
(a) The size of an automobile.
(b) The size of a football.
(c) The size of a pocketwatch.
(d) The size of a small clock.

2. What does the Time Traveler judge his pace in the machine to be?
(a) A decade an second.
(b) An hour a day.
(c) A year a minute.
(d) A season an a milisecond.

3. In what type of clothing is the group of figures the Time Traveler sees clad?
(a) "Fine dresses."
(b) "Somber frocks."
(c) "Tawdry togs."
(d) "Soft robes."

4. How many Eloi are in the first group the Time Traveler meets soon after he lands?
(a) 8 or 10.
(b) Over a thousand.
(c) 80 or 100.
(d) Just 3.

5. Which, of the following metals, is mentioned as part of the Time Machine?
(a) Nickel.
(b) Brass.
(c) Iron.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it dark in the room where the men hear the Time Traveler's story?

2. How does the Time Traveler describe the feeling of the Eloi touching him?

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

4. What are the Eloi's tables made of?

5. Compared to the children the Time Traveler is used to, what does he estimate the intellectual age of the Eloi to be?

(see the answer key)

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