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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In which direction is the Palace of Green Porcelain?
2. In what type of clothing is the group of figures the Time Traveler sees clad?
3. To what does the Time Traveler compare his excitement/anxiety when he is about to travel in the machine for the first time?
4. What does the Time Traveler find when he attempts to climb down into one of the Morlocks' shafts or tunnels?
5. What allows him to escape the Morlocks?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Time Traveler's appearance when he suddenly arrives during the second dinner.
2. What is the narrator's outlook on the future at the end of the novel?
3. Describe the point of view that takes over the story in Chapter 3?
4. Describe the Time Traveler's reaction to the fact that his machine has been moved into the White Sphinx; what action does he undertake, if any, to recover the machine?
5. When the Time Traveler started the fire, was his response to the danger of the Morlocks instinctual or intellectual? Explain your claim.
6. Why, according to the Time Traveler, is the Fourth Dimension overlooked?
7. What are the physical attributes of the Eloi the Time Traveler describes? What are their features like?
8. What leads the Time Traveler to believe that his time machine has been taken into the White Sphinx?
9. What happens after the Time Traveler mimics the clap of thunder that accompanied his arrival in Chapter 4?
10. Why is the Time Traveler glad about what happened to Weena?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
This novel relies on systems of symbols, one of which is the use of light and dark. What ideas, feelings, and conflicts are symbolized by light, and which by dark? On the language level, what are the major strategies Wells uses to convey these symbols? Be sure to consider setting, characterization, figurative language, dialogue, point of view, etc.
Essay Topic 2
One of the most prominent symbolic systems Wells employs in this novel is the relationship between the Eloi and the Morlock. Define and describe this relationship, using examples from the text. Be sure to include the way it works on a literal level as well as on a symbolic one.
Essay Topic 3
This novel features both a narrator, who tells the story to the reader, and an internal narrator--the Time Traveler--who relates his story to the narrator. Analyze the narrative strategies Wells uses to tell this story, including specific analysis of voice, distance, and access to and flow of information. Be sure to consider the issue of reliability on the part of both of the narrators: does the reader believe the narrator? Does the narrator believe the Time Traveler? What kinds of proof and evidence does each provide? Who has access to what kinds of information.
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