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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Time Traveler worried about stopping?
(a) He fears he might hit something.
(b) He fears he might damage the time machine and be stuck in the future.
(c) He fears he might fall off the machine.
(d) He fears he might hurt a passerby.

2. Inside the machine, it seems as if the housekeeper walks from one end of the room to the other like what object?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A bullet.
(c) A rocket.
(d) A snail.

3. Why does the Time Traveler presume that the Morlocks are good climbers?
(a) Because they have five sets of claws.
(b) Because he saw them scale the Palace.
(c) Because they nest in the trees.
(d) Because of their wells.

4. What does the Time Traveler remove from the time machine when he prepares to follow the Eloi?
(a) The saddle.
(b) Dials.
(c) Levers.
(d) Knobs.

5. What is the model of the time machine made out of?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Just ivory.
(c) Iron and bronze.
(d) Ivory and a crystalline substance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color eyes do the Morlocks have, according to the Time Traveler's first impressions?

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

3. 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?

4. The Time Traveler recognizes the landscape of the Eloi as the valley of what river from his own time?

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

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