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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?
(a) Sickening, gutteral and anxious.
(b) Strange, rapid and soft.
(c) Strange, sweet and liquid.
(d) Weird, bizarre and rich.

2. What does the first Eloi appear to be wearing on his feet?
(a) Sandals.
(b) Combat boots.
(c) Running shoes.
(d) High heels.

3. Under which social or political system does it appear the Eloi are living, to the Time Traveler?
(a) Communism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Oligarchy.
(d) Anarchy

4. Which of the following dinner guests was at the second dinner, but NOT at the first?
(a) The Very Young Man.
(b) Hillyer.
(c) Blank.
(d) Filby.

5. According to the Time Traveler, how long did it take to make the model of the time machine?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Two months.

6. To what "zoological" specimen does the Time Traveler compare the color of the Morlocks' bodies?
(a) Crabs.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Worms.
(d) Moths.

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

8. What is the texture of the Eloi's hair?
(a) Straight.
(b) Curly.
(c) Braided.
(d) Fine.

9. What year does the Time Traveler estimate he has traveled to before he actually reports what exact year the machine recorded?
(a) 2194.
(b) 802000.
(c) 804000.
(d) 8049.

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

11. 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.

12. To what does the Time Traveler compare his excitement/anxiety when he is about to travel in the machine for the first time?
(a) To a suicide.
(b) To an expectant mother.
(c) To a frisky kitten.
(d) To a newborn baby.

13. What "rises and falls" while the Time Traveler is observing from inside the time machine?
(a) A winged sphinx.
(b) The tide.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Buildings.

14. 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.

15. What is the Fourth Dimension?
(a) Time.
(b) Depth.
(c) Width.
(d) Length.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler describe the first Eloi he sees as?

2. What best describes the "prettiness" of the Eloi, when the Time Traveler first meets them?

3. What does one use to operate the model?

4. The Time Traveler remarks in Chapter 4 that the first Eloi he sees has a strange absence of what instinct?

5. Why is it dark in the room where the men hear the Time Traveler's story?

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