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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, which of the following things is wrong with the time machine when the Time Traveler returns?
(a) Both of these things.
(b) Shattered quartz crystal.
(c) Neither of these things.
(d) Cracked ivory lever.

2. Why, does the Time Traveler imagine, the Eloi all want to touch him?
(a) To see what he will taste like.
(b) To see if he is made of metal.
(c) To keep warm.
(d) To be sure he is real.

3. What does the Time Traveler remove from the time machine when he prepares to follow the Eloi?
(a) The saddle.
(b) Knobs.
(c) Levers.
(d) Dials.

4. Why does the Time Traveler think that it was not the Eloi who moved the time machine?
(a) He thinks that the Sphinx came alive and swallowed it.
(b) He thinks that one of the Eloi has traveled back in time with it.
(c) He thinks they were busy eating.
(d) He thinks they are too weak.

5. How does the Time Traveler determine that the time machine was taken into the base of the Sphinx?
(a) The Eloi read him a note they found.
(b) He can see it through the windows in the base of the statue.
(c) He finds marks and footprints.
(d) He smells burnt metal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which social or political system does it appear the Eloi are living, to the Time Traveler?

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

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

4. What does the Time Traveler ask his guests to save for him while he changes?

5. Why is it dark in the room where the men hear the Time Traveler's story?

(see the answer key)

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