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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the Time Traveler worried about stopping?
(a) He fears he might fall off the machine.
(b) He fears he might hit something.
(c) He fears he might damage the time machine and be stuck in the future.
(d) He fears he might hurt a passerby.

3. What is the model of the time machine made out of?
(a) Just ivory.
(b) Iron and bronze.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Ivory and a crystalline substance.

4. How does the Time Traveler attempt to communicate the concept of time to the first Eloi he meets?
(a) He looks at his watch.
(b) He points to the sun.
(c) He uses math, the universal language.
(d) He lectures them on the Fourth Dimension.

5. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?
(a) He hears screams.
(b) He feels them grabbing him and touching him.
(c) He smells fear.
(d) He feels things slithering over his feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Time Traveler remove something from the machine when he meets the Eloi and prepares to leave the machine?

2. In what type of clothing is the group of figures the Time Traveler sees clad?

3. What color eyes do the Morlocks have, according to the Time Traveler's first impressions?

4. What is the texture of the Eloi's hair?

5. How does the Time Traveler determine that the time machine was taken into the base of the Sphinx?

(see the answer key)

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