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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler smell in the air when he descends into where the Morlocks live?
(a) Rotting fruit.
(b) Mold.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Blood.

2. What does the Time Traveler describe the first Eloi he sees as?
(a) "Preternaturally lovely."
(b) "Ghastly wrinkled."
(c) "Strong as an ox."
(d) "Incredibly frail."

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

4. Where does the Time Traveler store the object(s) he removes from the time machine?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) In a hole in the ground.
(c) Around his wrist.
(d) In his knapsack.

5. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?
(a) Weird, bizarre and rich.
(b) Strange, sweet and liquid.
(c) Strange, rapid and soft.
(d) Sickening, gutteral and anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does the Time Traveler hear from deep within the shaft?

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

3. What is the Time Traveler smoking?

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

5. Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?

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