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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, what is one thing that's missing?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Life.
(c) Ice.
(d) Water.

2. Why cannot Weena help the Time Traveler make out or interpret the inscription he finds in the Palace of Green Porcelain?
(a) Because Weena does not speak any language at all.
(b) Because Weena did not want to.
(c) Because she is illiterate/has no written language.
(d) Because Weena was a bad student of history.

3. 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) "Gaudy lie."
(b) "Tawdry fiction."
(c) "Incredible tale."
(d) "Brazen story."

4. What objects were the Morlocks attempting to pry out of the Time Traveler's fingers while they were struggling in the dark?
(a) The levers.
(b) The torch.
(c) The pipe.
(d) The matches.

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

6. What was the Morlocks' plan inside the White Sphinx?
(a) To steal the time machine and go back in time.
(b) To lure the Time Traveler to his own death.
(c) The capture as many Eloi as they could.
(d) To free the Time Traveler.

7. How have the Morlocks cared for the Time Machine?
(a) They have oiled and cleaned it.
(b) They have given it a fresh coat of paint.
(c) They have broken it into pieces.
(d) They have taken out the crystals.

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

9. What object does the Time Traveler refer to as his "mace"?
(a) A broken lever.
(b) A cudgel.
(c) A length of pipe.
(d) A baseball bat.

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

11. Where does the Time Traveler intend to go once he is armed with things he found at the museum?
(a) The Morlocks' wells.
(b) The White Sphinx.
(c) The forest.
(d) The Eloi's great hall.

12. In Chapter 11, in the even farther future, what characterizes the oceans?
(a) They are acidic.
(b) There are giant sharks.
(c) There is only fresh water.
(d) There are no waves or breakers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Time Traveler refer to the "abominable desolation" of the far future in Chapter 11?

2. In Chapter 11, when the Time Traveler attempts to escape the animals that frighten him, how far into the future does he travel?

3. How many times did the Time Traveler see "Morlocks put their heads down in a kind of agony and rush into the flames"?

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

5. What are the objects/things that Wells describes with the word "carbuncles"?

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