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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why cannot Weena help the Time Traveler make out or interpret the inscription he finds in the Palace of Green Porcelain?
(a) Because Weena did not want to.
(b) Because she is illiterate/has no written language.
(c) Because Weena was a bad student of history.
(d) Because Weena does not speak any language at all.

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

3. What does the Time Traveler refer to when he says "wilderness of rotting paper"?
(a) The portrait gallery.
(b) The forest exhibition.
(c) The library.
(d) The museum bookshop.

4. When the Time Traveler and Weena are seeking refuge in the Palace of Green Porcelain, what is remarkable about the statue of the faun they find on their way?
(a) It is made of wood.
(b) It is two-headed.
(c) It is made of glass.
(d) It lacks a head.

5. According to the Time Traveler, how long did it take to make the model of the time machine?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one use to operate the model?

2. What is Weena's reaction to the growing forest fire?

3. How does the Time Traveler describe being tackled by a group of Morlocks?

4. What is the term for a problem in time travel or a contradiction of the timeline mentioned by the Psychologist in Chapter 1?

5. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?

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