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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group of people is compared to the Carolingian kings in Chapter 7?
(a) The Eloi.
(b) Modern Humans.
(c) Neanderthals.
(d) The Morlock.

2. In Chapter 11, when the Time Traveler has traveled even farther into the future, what has happened to the moon?
(a) It has disappeared.
(b) It has turned blue.
(c) It is orbiting closer to the Earth.
(d) It has been colonized.

3. In one section of the museum, the Time Traveler infers that the hall used artificial illumination from what evidence?
(a) Broken white globes.
(b) Extension cords.
(c) Fireplaces.
(d) Torches.

4. What, at the end of the chapter about the forest fire, is described as an "overwhelming calamity"?
(a) The destruction of the Time Machine.
(b) The destruction of the forest.
(c) Weena's death.
(d) The destruction of the Morlocks.

5. To what insect does the Time Traveler compare the Morlocks repeatedly in Chapter 7?
(a) Wasps.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Bees.
(d) Ants.

6. Although the Time Traveler finds sulfur in the museum, what additional ingredient for gunpowder does he lack?
(a) Neon.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Cobalt.
(d) Saltpeter.

7. How does the Time Traveler describe being tackled by a group of Morlocks?
(a) Like being hunted by lions.
(b) Like being trapped in a viper pit.
(c) Like being caught in spider's web.
(d) Like being swallowed by a whale.

8. What is the Time Traveler planning to make when he says, in Chapter 7, "to procure some means of fire."
(a) A camp fire.
(b) A forest fire.
(c) A coal fire.
(d) A torch.

9. In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, what color is the one evidence of animal life he sees?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

10. What does the Time Traveler tell his guests is the only difference in the Time Machine when he returns home?
(a) That it needs to be repaired.
(b) That it is still in the future.
(c) That is is damaged.
(d) That it is in the opposite corner of the room.

11. When the Time Traveler returns home in Chapter 12, even he himself wonders if the whole experience was just a what?
(a) Hallucination.
(b) Dream.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) False memory.

12. What does the Time Traveler find in the great hall of the museum?
(a) Bones.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Priceless antiques.
(d) Old computers.

13. Which character says, in Chapter 12, "What a pity it is you're not a writer of stories!"?
(a) The Editor.
(b) The Very Young Man.
(c) The Medical Man.
(d) The Time Traveler.

14. What part of the flower does the Medical Man find odd?
(a) The gynaeceum.
(b) The scent.
(c) The stem.
(d) The petals.

15. Why does the Time Traveler refer to the "abominable desolation" of the far future in Chapter 11?
(a) Poisonous-looking plants.
(b) Thin air.
(c) Monster Crabs.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, how big is the one evidence of animal life he sees?

2. While the Time Traveler notices that the constellations are different in the night sky as he and Weena bed down in the forest, what is the one celestial feature that is seemingly unchanged?

3. What is the framework of the Palace of Green Porcelain made of?

4. Faced with his loathing of the Morlocks, the Time Traveler feels like a what "in a cage"?

5. What kinds of creature does Weena find and play with in the museum?

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