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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. What does the Time Traveler find when he attempts to climb down into one of the Morlocks' shafts or tunnels?
2. Why does the Time Traveler remove something from the machine when he meets the Eloi and prepares to leave the machine?
3. What does the Time Traveler remove from the time machine when he prepares to follow the Eloi?
4. In which direction is the Palace of Green Porcelain?
5. Inside the machine, it seems as if the housekeeper walks from one end of the room to the other like what object?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Weena in the forest fire?
2. In addition to the flowers, what other piece of tangible, physical evidence seems to offer some proof to the dinner guests that the Time Traveler may have actually traveled in time?
3. What finally convinces the narrator himself of the truth of the Time Traveler's story at the end of the novel?
4. What does the Time Traveler intend to do with Weena once he recovers the time machine?
5. What does the Time Traveler see when he stops the machine in the far future in Chapter 3?
6. Why does the Time Traveler believe that the Eloi did not need intellect?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. Why does the Time Traveler take the lever out of the time machine when he lands in the far future?
10. Where (in terms of to which time period/what kind of time period) does the narrator assume that the Time Traveler has traveled to at the end of the novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The question of humanity, of what makes a person human, is at the forefront of this novel's play of ideas. Wells posits, perhaps, that there are certain characteristics that define the essence of humanity, which the Morlock and the Eloi have lost. Name and describe these characteristics, using specific examples. You may want to consider specifically his time in the museum, as well as the end of the novel and the epilogue, as well as his first few days with the Eloi.
Essay Topic 2
One feature of the science fiction genre is "world-building," which describes the ways an author establishes a specific and believable setting with rules of its own. One example of Wells's world-building is his extensive imaginings of Eloi culture. Describe the rules of Eloi culture, show how Wells tries to convince the reader of this culture, and examine the extent to which his fictional Eloi culture is believable, in terms of the novel. You will also want to consider the ideas dramatized by these characters and the setting established by their culture.
Essay Topic 3
During the intense action scenes in the future, the Time Traveler's actions symbolize both his instinctual as well as his intellectual capabilities. Describe, using examples, how Wells communicates the Time Traveler's instincts as well as his intellect. Which does Wells consider more important, do you think? Which does the Time Traveler consider more important?
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