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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the Time Traveler refer to as his "mace"?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A cudgel.
(c) A broken lever.
(d) A length of pipe.

2. To what does the Time Traveler compare his excitement/anxiety when he is about to travel in the machine for the first time?
(a) To a newborn baby.
(b) To a frisky kitten.
(c) To a suicide.
(d) To an expectant mother.

3. Whom did the narrator meet on Friday at the Linnaeum?
(a) The Psychologist.
(b) Filby.
(c) The Provincial Mayor.
(d) The Medical Man.

4. Approximately how many Eloi are there in the great hall?
(a) Several thousand.
(b) Between 500 and 1000.
(c) About 75.
(d) A couple hundred.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the Time Traveler, how long did it take to make the model of the time machine?

3. What color is the first Eloi's tunic?

4. Why does the Time Traveler remove something from the machine when he meets the Eloi and prepares to leave the machine?

5. Which character suggests that, in the future, time travelers might encounter communist societies?

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