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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character suggests that, in the future, time travelers might encounter communist societies?
(a) Filby.
(b) The Medical Man.
(c) The Psychologist.
(d) The narrator.

3. What shape are the tables in the Time Traveler's room?
(a) Rectangular.
(b) Square.
(c) Octagonal.
(d) Round.

4. What does one use to operate the model?
(a) A lever.
(b) A button.
(c) A joystick.
(d) A control panel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the narrator meet on Friday at the Linnaeum?

2. Remarking on how dirty the Time Traveler's clothes were, the Journalist wonders whether or not the future has any of what object?

3. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?

4. Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?

5. 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?

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