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

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 pocketwatch.
(c) The size of a small clock.
(d) The size of a football.

2. What distinguishes the way the Time Traveler walks when he returns during the second dinner?
(a) He walks with a cane.
(b) He walks with a limp.
(c) He runs everywhere very quickly.
(d) He is missing a foot.

3. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?
(a) Mutton.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Beef.
(d) Pork.

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

5. Remarking on how dirty the Time Traveler's clothes were, the Journalist wonders whether or not the future has any of what object?
(a) Laundromats.
(b) Dust busters.
(c) Showers.
(d) Clothes brushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for a problem in time travel or a contradiction of the timeline mentioned by the Psychologist in Chapter 1?

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

3. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?

4. Which of the characters actually operates the model of the time machine?

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

(see the answer key)

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