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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator mentions that if another character had shown them the time machine, they would not be as skeptical as they were of the Time Traveler. Which other character does he mention?
(a) The Medical Man.
(b) The Provincial Mayor.
(c) Filby.
(d) The Very Young Man.

2. Faced with his loathing of the Morlocks, the Time Traveler feels like a what "in a cage"?
(a) A beast.
(b) A man.
(c) A dog.
(d) A canary.

3. What best describes the "prettiness" of the Eloi, when the Time Traveler first meets them?
(a) Delft blue.
(b) Dresden-china.
(c) Wedgwood-china.
(d) Porcelain dolls.

4. Why does the Time Traveler have trouble lighting matches in Chapter 10?
(a) They are wet.
(b) He drops them.
(c) They are supposed to light on the box.
(d) He could not find them in his pockets.

5. How does the Time Traveler determine that the time machine was taken into the base of the Sphinx?
(a) He smells burnt metal.
(b) He can see it through the windows in the base of the statue.
(c) He finds marks and footprints.
(d) The Eloi read him a note they found.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler ask his guests to save for him while he changes?

2. What does the Time Traveler say about "the dream of the human intellect"?

3. What does the Time Traveler tell his guests is the only difference in the Time Machine when he returns home?

4. What is Weena's reaction to the growing forest fire?

5. In which direction is the Palace of Green Porcelain?

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