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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler notice about Eloi gender roles?
(a) That females are larger and more assertive than males.
(b) That males are louder and more graceful than females.
(c) That there is no real gender difference.
(d) That the males bear young.

2. What is the term for a problem in time travel or a contradiction of the timeline mentioned by the Psychologist in Chapter 1?
(a) Contraindication.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Paraclete.
(d) Orthodoxy.

3. How have the Morlocks cared for the Time Machine?
(a) They have oiled and cleaned it.
(b) They have broken it into pieces.
(c) They have given it a fresh coat of paint.
(d) They have taken out the crystals.

4. The Time Traveler assumes that his voice is too what for the Eloi?
(a) Biting and caustic.
(b) Harsh and deep.
(c) Rough and loud.
(d) Sonorous and scathing.

5. What, according to the Time Traveler, must be "useless" if nature is appealing to intelligence?
(a) "Intuition and ritual."
(b) None of these.
(c) "Drive and desire."
(d) "Habit and instinct."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Time Traveler have trouble lighting matches in Chapter 10?

2. Why, does the Time Traveler imagine, the Eloi all want to touch him?

3. What is the framework of the Palace of Green Porcelain made of?

4. What does the Time Traveler find when he attempts to climb down into one of the Morlocks' shafts or tunnels?

5. Why does the Time Traveler remove something from the machine when he meets the Eloi and prepares to leave the machine?

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