View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What shape are the tables in the Time Traveler's room?
(a) Rectangular.
(b) Square.
(c) Round.
(d) Octagonal.

3. What is the Fourth Dimension?
(a) Length.
(b) Time.
(c) Width.
(d) Depth.

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

5. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?
(a) Mutton.
(b) Pork.
(c) Beef.
(d) Chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does the time machine begin its day, according to the Time Traveler?

2. Under which social or political system does it appear the Eloi are living, to the Time Traveler?

3. In which point of view is Chapter 2 told?

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

5. What year does the Time Traveler say the dials on his machine recorded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler discover when, at sunset, he goes to find a place to live on his first day in the future?

2. Why are the characters primarily represented by the name of their profession rather than their actual names?

3. What kind of food does the Time Traveler particularly crave when he returns?

4. Describe the Time Traveler's appearance when he suddenly arrives during the second dinner.

5. What does the Time Traveler see and experience as he approaches his original time period?

6. What is one possible reason the Time Traveler postulates for the physical changes from humans to Eloi?

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

8. How does the forest fire start?

9. 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?

10. To the narrator, what do the strange white flowers seem to symbolize at the end of the novel?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 811 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample