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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it dark in the room where the men hear the Time Traveler's story?
(a) The candles were not lit.
(b) The time machine broke the lamp.
(c) The Time Traveler put out the fire.
(d) The power was out.

2. What is the first thing the Time Traveler drinks at the second dinner?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Scotch.

3. How much does the Editor offer to pay for the Time Traveler's story?
(a) A penny a word.
(b) A pound a word.
(c) A pound a paragraph.
(d) A shilling a line.

4. Which of the characters reads the note left by the Time Traveler?
(a) The Very Young Man.
(b) Filby.
(c) The Psychology.
(d) The Medical Man.

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) Paradox.
(b) Paraclete.
(c) Contraindication.
(d) Orthodoxy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following dinner guests was at the second dinner, but NOT at the first?

2. On what day of the week did the guests come for dinner?

3. What is the Fourth Dimension?

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. Which, of the following metals, is mentioned as part of the Time Machine?

(see the answer key)

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