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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. The Time Traveler assumes that his voice is too what for the Eloi?
(a) Rough and loud.
(b) Harsh and deep.
(c) Biting and caustic.
(d) Sonorous and scathing.

2. Which character suggests that, in the future, time travelers might encounter communist societies?
(a) The Medical Man.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Filby.
(d) The Psychologist.

3. On what day of the week did the guests come for dinner?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

4. The Time Traveler compares the Morlocks to which kind of monkey or ape?
(a) Orangutans.
(b) Mandrills.
(c) White lemurs.
(d) Bush babies.

5. Which battle does the Psychologist mention, when the men speak of traveling in history to see past battles?
(a) The Battle of the Bulge.
(b) Waterloo.
(c) The Battle of Hastings.
(d) The London Blitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Eloi's tables made of?

2. According to the Time Traveler, how long did it take to make the model of the time machine?

3. What adjective does the Time Traveler use to describe the hair color of the Morlocks?

4. In Chapter 3, which of the following things is wrong with the time machine when the Time Traveler returns?

5. How did he find out her name was Weena?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people the Time Traveler meets in the far future in Chapter 3 look like?

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

3. How does the forest fire start?

4. Describe the point of view of the book's first two chapters.

5. Why does the Time Traveler take the lever out of the time machine when he lands in the far future?

6. What do the Editor and the Journalist think about the story the guests relate about the model time machine?

7. What is the Editor's reactions when the Time Traveler tells him and the other guests of his journey?

8. What does the Time Traveler find when he begins to explore the Palace of Green Porcelain in the Southwest?

9. What makes The Time Traveler push the lever again and leave the time period with the two creatures and the large, red sun?

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

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