View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler decide about Weena at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) To teach her to flight the Morlock.
(b) To bring her into the past with him.
(c) To stay here and marry her.
(d) To bring her into the far future.

2. One of the characters who does not believe the Time Traveler's story in Chapter 12 refers to it as which of the following?
(a) "Brazen story."
(b) "Incredible tale."
(c) "Tawdry fiction."
(d) "Gaudy lie."

3. To what does this description apply: "a vast dome glowing with a dull heat, and now and then suffering a momentary extinction," in Chapter 11?
(a) Venus.
(b) The Green Palace.
(c) Mars.
(d) The sun.

4. What surprises the Time Traveler when he goes to the White Sphinx to finally reclaim his time machine?
(a) The forest fire singed the doors.
(b) The valve doors are open.
(c) The Sphinx has been moved.
(d) The Sphinx is now green.

5. Why is Weena unable to walk in the forest?
(a) She faints.
(b) She is injured.
(c) She wants to die.
(d) She falls asleep.

6. Why did the Morlocks' plan fail?
(a) The Time Traveler had a gun to fight them.
(b) The Time Traveler had a working torch.
(c) They did not understand the nature of the Time Machine.
(d) It turned out that they were afraid of the dark.

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

8. What does the Time Traveler refer to when he says "wilderness of rotting paper"?
(a) The portrait gallery.
(b) The library.
(c) The forest exhibition.
(d) The museum bookshop.

9. How many times did the Time Traveler see "Morlocks put their heads down in a kind of agony and rush into the flames"?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

10. In Chapter 10, Wells describes the Eloi's "feeble prettiness," which is compared to which characteristics of the Morlocks?
(a) "Ghastly beastiness."
(b) "Technological improvement."
(c) "Mechanical industry."
(d) "Scientific know-how."

11. Why does the Time Traveler have trouble lighting matches in Chapter 10?
(a) He drops them.
(b) They are supposed to light on the box.
(c) He could not find them in his pockets.
(d) They are wet.

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

13. What is the framework of the Palace of Green Porcelain made of?
(a) Metal.
(b) Bone.
(c) Wood.
(d) Glass.

14. Faced with his loathing of the Morlocks, the Time Traveler feels like a what "in a cage"?
(a) A man.
(b) A beast.
(c) A canary.
(d) A dog.

15. 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) Torches.
(d) Fireplaces.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the Time Traveler refer to as "cattle" multiple times in Chapter 10?

2. Why does the Time Traveler keep the camphor he finds?

3. Discussing the fear of the Eloi during the New Moon, the Time Traveler says that his fear is different than theirs. Why?

4. How have the Morlocks cared for the Time Machine?

5. What do the Morlocks plan to do with the Time Traveler?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 596 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample