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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler find when he attempts to climb down into one of the Morlocks' shafts or tunnels?
(a) There are steps cut into the ground.
(b) There is an elevator.
(c) There is a rope to climb.
(d) There are metal rods like a ladder.

2. In what type of clothing is the group of figures the Time Traveler sees clad?
(a) "Soft robes."
(b) "Somber frocks."
(c) "Fine dresses."
(d) "Tawdry togs."

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

4. Of what foodstuff does the diet of the Eloi consist?
(a) Insects.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Poultry.
(d) Fruit.

5. How big is the model time machine the Time Traveler shows his guests?
(a) The size of a pocketwatch.
(b) The size of a football.
(c) The size of an automobile.
(d) The size of a small clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Time Traveler compares the Morlocks to which kind of monkey or ape?

2. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?

3. What is the name of the housekeeper?

4. What is the "trick" the Medical Man says the Time Traveler showed them last Christmas?

5. On what day of the week did the guests come for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler discover about the Morlocks that allows him to escape the three of them in the tunnel?

2. Describe the historical (and technological) setting of this novel.

3. Describe the state of the time machine when the Time Traveler finally finds it in the base of the White Sphinx?

4. What are the physical attributes of the Eloi the Time Traveler describes? What are their features like?

5. Why does the Time Traveler believe that the Eloi did not need intellect?

6. How did the Time Traveler feel when he first got out of the time machine in the far future in Chapter 3?

7. Why is the Time Traveler glad about what happened to Weena?

8. What does the Time Traveler intend to do with Weena once he recovers the time machine?

9. Describe the point of view that takes over the story in Chapter 3?

10. What is different about the second dinner party, which is held a week after the first?

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