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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the dark of the forest, how does the Time Traveler know that there are Morlocks near them?
(a) "Queer sounds" in the woods
(b) A tug on his coat.
(c) Neither of the above.
(d) Both of the above.

2. What kind of dinosaur does the Time Traveler mention in the museum?
(a) Tyrannosaurus rex.
(b) Brontosaurus.
(c) Velociraptor.
(d) Hadrosaur.

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

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

5. 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 torch.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) A coal fire.

6. What best describes the animal life the Time Traveler sees in the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels?
(a) Three-toed.
(b) Tentacled.
(c) Finned.
(d) Winged.

7. 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.

8. What is the Editor smoking, if anything, in Chapter 12?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A pipe.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A cigarette.

9. When the Time Traveler sees the river and estuary from the point of view of the Palace of Green Porcelain, what does he think of for the first time?
(a) Ice fishing.
(b) Ocean creatures and sea life.
(c) Shipping Lanes.
(d) Pollution and water quality.

10. When the Time Traveler and Weena are seeking refuge in the Palace of Green Porcelain, what is remarkable about the statue of the faun they find on their way?
(a) It is made of glass.
(b) It is made of wood.
(c) It is two-headed.
(d) It lacks a head.

11. Why does the Time Traveler presume that the Morlocks are good climbers?
(a) Because they nest in the trees.
(b) Because of their wells.
(c) Because they have five sets of claws.
(d) Because he saw them scale the Palace.

12. What is Weena's reaction to the growing forest fire?
(a) She wants to run to the fire and play with it.
(b) She wants to put it out.
(c) She wants to capture it in a glass.
(d) She wants to run away from it.

13. In the forest in Chapter 7, whom does Wells describe as the "dainty ones"?
(a) The Morlock.
(b) Giant butterflies.
(c) The Eloi.
(d) Ancient humans.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Wells describes the Eloi's "feeble prettiness," which is compared to which characteristics of the Morlocks?

2. What does the narrator think he sees in Chapter 12?

3. What does the Time Traveler plan to use to illuminate the woods?

4. What does the Time Traveler say about "the dream of the human intellect"?

5. How does the Time Traveler describe being tackled by a group of Morlocks?

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