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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the archway into the great hall of the Eloi decorated?
(a) With carvings.
(b) With garlands of flowers.
(c) With faux finish.
(d) With streamers.

2. How many Eloi are in the first group the Time Traveler meets soon after he lands?
(a) 8 or 10.
(b) Just 3.
(c) 80 or 100.
(d) Over a thousand.

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

4. How much does the Editor offer to pay for the Time Traveler's story?
(a) A penny a word.
(b) A pound a word.
(c) A pound a paragraph.
(d) A shilling a line.

5. What distinguishes the way the Time Traveler walks when he returns during the second dinner?
(a) He is missing a foot.
(b) He runs everywhere very quickly.
(c) He walks with a limp.
(d) He walks with a cane.

6. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?
(a) New York Time Travel Society.
(b) New York Mathematical Society.
(c) Royal Society of Magicians.
(d) Royal Society of Learned Mathematicians.

7. At what time of day does the time machine begin its day, according to the Time Traveler?
(a) 10:00 A.M.
(b) 12:00 A.M..
(c) 4:00 A.M..
(d) 2:00 A.M..

8. Whom did the narrator meet on Friday at the Linnaeum?
(a) Filby.
(b) The Medical Man.
(c) The Provincial Mayor.
(d) The Psychologist.

9. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?
(a) Beef.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Pork.
(d) Mutton.

10. Where does the Time Traveler store the object(s) he removes from the time machine?
(a) In his pocket.
(b) Around his wrist.
(c) In a hole in the ground.
(d) In his knapsack.

11. Why does the Time Traveler claim not to be afraid of the first Eloi he meets, even though they are touching him?
(a) The Eloi give him welcoming gifts.
(b) He has superior weapons, so is not worred.
(c) They look so frail he thinks he could dispatch several at once.
(d) He can understand their language and that they say they mean him no harm.

12. Remarking on how dirty the Time Traveler's clothes were, the Journalist wonders whether or not the future has any of what object?
(a) Dust busters.
(b) Clothes brushes.
(c) Laundromats.
(d) Showers.

13. How did he find out her name was Weena?
(a) She told him.
(b) He read her mail.
(c) He saw her identification card.
(d) Another Eloi told him.

14. What adjective does the Time Traveler use to describe the hair color of the Morlocks?
(a) Flaxen.
(b) Albino.
(c) Strawberry blonde.
(d) Titian.

15. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?
(a) He feels things slithering over his feet.
(b) He feels them grabbing him and touching him.
(c) He smells fear.
(d) He hears screams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following dinner guests was at the second dinner, but NOT at the first?

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

3. Which part of the Time Traveler's body has a half-healed cut on it when he returns to the second dinner?

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

5. Of what metal is the pedestal of the Sphinx made?

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