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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Time Traveler describe being tackled by a group of Morlocks?
(a) Like being hunted by lions.
(b) Like being trapped in a viper pit.
(c) Like being caught in spider's web.
(d) Like being swallowed by a whale.

2. What is the air temperature in this far future?
(a) Humid.
(b) Chilly.
(c) Freezing.
(d) Warm.

3. Why is it dark in the room where the men hear the Time Traveler's story?
(a) The Time Traveler put out the fire.
(b) The candles were not lit.
(c) The time machine broke the lamp.
(d) The power was out.

4. The Time Traveler compares the Morlocks to which kind of monkey or ape?
(a) Mandrills.
(b) White lemurs.
(c) Orangutans.
(d) Bush babies.

5. Of what material does the Sphinx appear to be made?
(a) White marble.
(b) Green porcelain.
(c) White porcelain.
(d) Green marble.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the Time Traveler attempt to communicate the concept of time to the first Eloi he meets?

3. What does the Time Traveler find in the great hall of the museum?

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

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

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