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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which point of view is Chapter 2 told?
(a) First person, from the Time Traveler's point of view.
(b) Third person omniscient.
(c) Third person, limited to Hillyer's point of view.
(d) First person, from Hillyer's point of view.

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

3. Which battle does the Psychologist mention, when the men speak of traveling in history to see past battles?
(a) Waterloo.
(b) The Battle of Hastings.
(c) The Battle of the Bulge.
(d) The London Blitz.

4. 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?
(a) Filby.
(b) The Provincial Mayor.
(c) The Medical Man.
(d) The Very Young Man.

5. Which of the following dinner guests was at the second dinner, but NOT at the first?
(a) Blank.
(b) Hillyer.
(c) Filby.
(d) The Very Young Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?

2. What is the Fourth Dimension?

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

4. How big is the model time machine the Time Traveler shows his guests?

5. What is the "trick" the Medical Man says the Time Traveler showed them last Christmas?

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