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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Time Traveler sees an animal in the night, what does he take it for?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A small deer.
(c) A goat.
(d) An Eloi.

2. What does the Time Traveler say about "the dream of the human intellect"?
(a) That it was "wiped out."
(b) That it was "annihilated by evolution."
(c) That it was "fated to die."
(d) That it "committed suicide."

3. To what insect does the Time Traveler compare the Morlocks repeatedly in Chapter 7?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Bees.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Ants.

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

5. What "rises and falls" while the Time Traveler is observing from inside the time machine?
(a) Buildings.
(b) The tide.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A winged sphinx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Morlocks' plan fail?

2. What color is the animal the Time Traveler sees in the night on the way to look for his missing time machine?

3. What word best describes the Time Traveler's actions just before he realizes that he cannot easily light the matches?

4. To what does the Time Traveler compare his excitement/anxiety when he is about to travel in the machine for the first time?

5. When the Time Traveler sees the river and estuary from the point of view of the Palace of Green Porcelain, what does he think of for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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