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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In which point of view is Chapter 2 told?
(a) First person, from Hillyer's point of view.
(b) First person, from the Time Traveler's point of view.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Third person, limited to Hillyer's point of view.

3. What color eyes do the Morlocks have, according to the Time Traveler's first impressions?
(a) Brown-green.
(b) Grey-red.
(c) Blue-green.
(d) Black.

4. The Time Traveler recognizes the landscape of the Eloi as the valley of what river from his own time?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Floss.

5. Which character suggests that, in the future, time travelers might encounter communist societies?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Filby.
(c) The Medical Man.
(d) The Psychologist.

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

7. What does the Time Traveler find when he attempts to climb down into one of the Morlocks' shafts or tunnels?
(a) There is a rope to climb.
(b) There are metal rods like a ladder.
(c) There is an elevator.
(d) There are steps cut into the ground.

8. What is the air temperature in this far future?
(a) Warm.
(b) Freezing.
(c) Chilly.
(d) Humid.

9. Where does the Psychologist first say the model must have gone?
(a) Into a different room.
(b) Into the past.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Into the future.

10. What does the Time Traveler see after his meal with the Eloi, when he goes outside again to look at the White Sphinx?
(a) He sees a forest fire.
(b) He sees Morlocks.
(c) He sees that the Time Machine is missing.
(d) He sees that another Time Machine is parked next to his own.

11. Of what material does the Sphinx appear to be made?
(a) Green marble.
(b) White porcelain.
(c) Green porcelain.
(d) White marble.

12. What sound does the Time Traveler hear from deep within the shaft?
(a) Screams.
(b) Heavy-metal music.
(c) Subway/Underground train.
(d) Machinery.

13. Which of the characters says that he has never heard of the Fourth Dimension?
(a) Hillyer.
(b) Filby.
(c) The Time Traveler.
(d) The Provincial Mayor.

14. How does the Time Traveler attempt to communicate the concept of time to the first Eloi he meets?
(a) He points to the sun.
(b) He uses math, the universal language.
(c) He looks at his watch.
(d) He lectures them on the Fourth Dimension.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the model of the time machine made out of?

2. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?

3. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?

4. Where does the Time Traveler store the object(s) he removes from the time machine?

5. Approximately how many Eloi are there in the great hall?

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