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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The Very Young Man.
(b) The Medical Man.
(c) The Provincial Mayor.
(d) Filby.

2. What is the term for a problem in time travel or a contradiction of the timeline mentioned by the Psychologist in Chapter 1?
(a) Contraindication.
(b) Paraclete.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Orthodoxy.

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

4. 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 Traveler put out the fire.
(c) The time machine broke the lamp.
(d) The power was out.

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) Showers.
(b) Laundromats.
(c) Clothes brushes.
(d) Dust busters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Time Traveler smoking?

3. What color are the Time Traveler's eyes?

4. Which of the characters says that he has never heard of the Fourth Dimension?

5. In which point of view is Chapter 2 told?

(see the answer key)

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