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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Inside the machine, it seems as if the housekeeper walks from one end of the room to the other like what object?
(a) A rocket.
(b) A turtle.
(c) A bullet.
(d) A snail.

3. The Time Traveler remarks in Chapter 4 that the first Eloi he sees has a strange absence of what instinct?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Anger.
(c) Aggression.
(d) Fear.

4. What are the Eloi's tables made of?
(a) Quartz crystals.
(b) Wood.
(c) Polished stone.
(d) Formica.

5. Why is Weena unable to walk in the forest?
(a) She is injured.
(b) She falls asleep.
(c) She wants to die.
(d) She faints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler refer to when he says "wilderness of rotting paper"?

2. What color are the Time Traveler's eyes?

3. In the forest in Chapter 7, whom does Wells describe as the "dainty ones"?

4. When the Time Traveler sees the river and estuary from the point of view of the Palace of Green Porcelain, what does he think of for the first time?

5. What is the air temperature in this far future?

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