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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 lacks a head.
(b) It is made of glass.
(c) It is two-headed.
(d) It is made of wood.

2. What do the Morlocks plan to do with the Time Traveler?
(a) They planned to make him eat Eloi.
(b) They planned to travel into the past with him.
(c) They planned to trap him in the dark.
(d) They planned to let him go.

3. What word best describes the Time Traveler's actions just before he realizes that he cannot easily light the matches?
(a) Hubris.
(b) Id.
(c) Irony.
(d) Ego.

4. Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?
(a) Filby.
(b) The Provincial Mayor.
(c) The Time Traveler.
(d) The Editor.

5. What characterizes the thirty or forty Morlocks on the hill, watching the fire rage toward them?
(a) They are on fire.
(b) They are hungry for Eloi.
(c) They are helpless.
(d) They are sorry for killing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does the Time Traveler say the dials on his machine recorded?

2. What does the Time Traveler smell in the air when he descends into where the Morlocks live?

3. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?

4. What year does the Time Traveler estimate he has traveled to before he actually reports what exact year the machine recorded?

5. What allows him to escape the Morlocks?

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