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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 is the air temperature in this far future?
(a) Chilly.
(b) Freezing.
(c) Humid.
(d) Warm.

2. What "rises and falls" while the Time Traveler is observing from inside the time machine?
(a) Buildings.
(b) A winged sphinx.
(c) The tide.
(d) Flowers.

3. What does the Time Traveler describe the first Eloi he sees as?
(a) "Ghastly wrinkled."
(b) "Preternaturally lovely."
(c) "Incredibly frail."
(d) "Strong as an ox."

4. Why, does the Time Traveler imagine, the Eloi all want to touch him?
(a) To be sure he is real.
(b) To see what he will taste like.
(c) To keep warm.
(d) To see if he is made of metal.

5. What does one use to operate the model?
(a) A button.
(b) A lever.
(c) A control panel.
(d) A joystick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following dinner guests was at the second dinner, but NOT at the first?

2. How did the Time Traveler make friends with Weena?

3. What academic subject is based on misconceptions, according to the Time Traveler?

4. Why does the Time Traveler claim not to be afraid of the first Eloi he meets, even though they are touching him?

5. Which of the characters reads the note left by the Time Traveler?

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. How does the forest fire start?

3. After the Time Traveler escapes the Morlocks and starts traveling farther into the future, what does he notice about the sun?

4. When the Time Traveler sees the Morlocks for the first time, what does he notice about them and what conclusions about evolution does he draw?

5. Why does the Time Traveler think the Morlocks started eating Eloi?

6. How much time has passed for the Time Traveler? How does this compare to the amount of time that he says has passed for the guests?

7. According to the Time Traveler, what happened when he sat in the Time Machine and pressed the lever?

8. What happens when the Psychologist pushes the lever on the model time machine and how do the observers respond?

9. Why, according to the Time Traveler, is the Fourth Dimension overlooked?

10. What kind of humans, according to the Time Traveler, must have been the source of the Morlocks? Why did they evolve the way they did?

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