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

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

3. What is the model of the time machine made out of?
(a) Just ivory.
(b) Ivory and a crystalline substance.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Iron and bronze.

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

5. Which of the characters reads the note left by the Time Traveler?
(a) The Psychology.
(b) The Very Young Man.
(c) The Medical Man.
(d) Filby.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what "zoological" specimen does the Time Traveler compare the color of the Morlocks' bodies?

2. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?

3. What sound does the Time Traveler hear from deep within the shaft?

4. What does the Time Traveler judge his pace in the machine to be?

5. Which part of the Time Traveler's body has a half-healed cut on it when he returns to the second dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Time Traveler eventually stop the machine?

2. When the Earth is in perpetual twilight, the air thin and hard to breathe, and the sun is huge and red, what are the only two animals/creatures The Time Traveler sees? What do they look like?

3. What does the Time Traveler feel when he sees the decayed books in the Palace?

4. What happens to Weena in the forest fire?

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

6. Why does the Time Traveler feel instinctual hatred for and fear of the Morlocks?

7. How does the Time Traveler describe the way the language of the Eloi sound?

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

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. 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?

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