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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the Time Traveler describe the feeling of the Eloi touching him?
(a) As weird little tickles.
(b) As soft little tentacles.
(c) As strange little hooks.
(d) As disgusting little claws.

3. Why does the Time Traveler claim not to be afraid of the first Eloi he meets, even though they are touching him?
(a) He can understand their language and that they say they mean him no harm.
(b) They look so frail he thinks he could dispatch several at once.
(c) He has superior weapons, so is not worred.
(d) The Eloi give him welcoming gifts.

4. What academic subject is based on misconceptions, according to the Time Traveler?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Arithmetic.

5. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?
(a) New York Mathematical Society.
(b) New York Time Travel Society.
(c) Royal Society of Learned Mathematicians.
(d) Royal Society of Magicians.

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

3. What color is the first Eloi's tunic?

4. What does the Time Traveler judge his pace in the machine to be?

5. Of what metal is the pedestal of the Sphinx made?

(see the answer key)

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