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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 best describes the "prettiness" of the Eloi, when the Time Traveler first meets them?
(a) Dresden-china.
(b) Wedgwood-china.
(c) Delft blue.
(d) Porcelain dolls.

2. What is the first thing the Time Traveler drinks at the second dinner?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Beer.
(c) Water.
(d) Scotch.

3. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?
(a) He feels things slithering over his feet.
(b) He smells fear.
(c) He feels them grabbing him and touching him.
(d) He hears screams.

4. What is the texture of the Eloi's hair?
(a) Braided.
(b) Straight.
(c) Fine.
(d) Curly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the Time Traveler's eyes?

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

3. Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?

4. What does the Time Traveler remove from the time machine when he prepares to follow the Eloi?

5. Which, of the following metals, is mentioned as part of the Time Machine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Time Traveler discover about the Palace?

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

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

6. What does the Time Traveler do with the white flowers Weena picked?

7. What does the Time Traveler see when he stops the machine in the far future in Chapter 3?

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

9. Inside the dark tunnel he explores in the Palace, the Time Traveler finds a carcass. What is it and what does this carcass foreshadow?

10. What finally convinces the narrator himself of the truth of the Time Traveler's story at the end of the novel?

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