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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under which social or political system does it appear the Eloi are living, to the Time Traveler?
(a) Oligarchy.
(b) Anarchy
(c) Communism.
(d) Democracy.

2. 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?
(a) Ice fishing.
(b) Pollution and water quality.
(c) Shipping Lanes.
(d) Ocean creatures and sea life.

3. What, at the end of the chapter about the forest fire, is described as an "overwhelming calamity"?
(a) The destruction of the forest.
(b) The destruction of the Time Machine.
(c) Weena's death.
(d) The destruction of the Morlocks.

4. What shape are the tables in the Time Traveler's room?
(a) Square.
(b) Octagonal.
(c) Rectangular.
(d) Round.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Eloi are in the first group the Time Traveler meets soon after he lands?

2. What "rises and falls" while the Time Traveler is observing from inside the time machine?

3. What kind of dinosaur does the Time Traveler mention in the museum?

4. Which character is described in Chapter 2 as having "more than a touch of whim among his elements"?

5. What are the animals the Time Traveler finds in the farther future in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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