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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 ask his guests to save for him while he changes?
2. What do the Eloi wear on their heads?
3. What color are the Time Traveler's eyes?
4. To what does the Time Traveler compare his excitement/anxiety when he is about to travel in the machine for the first time?
5. Which of the characters says that he has never heard of the Fourth Dimension?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the Time Traveler feel instinctual hatred for and fear of the Morlocks?
2. Why, according to the Time Traveler, is the Fourth Dimension overlooked?
3. What happens when the Psychologist pushes the lever on the model time machine and how do the observers respond?
4. What political system is discussed in Chapter 1 as a possible future for humanity and why has Wells included it?
5. 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?
6. What does the Time Traveler feel when he sees the decayed books in the Palace?
7. What does the Time Traveler find in the hall labeled Chemistry and how does it help him?
8. Why does the Time Traveler eventually stop the machine?
9. What is the narrator's outlook on the future at the end of the novel?
10. What kind of food does the Time Traveler particularly crave when he returns?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Wells imagines a future where humanity has evolved into two separate and symbiotic species. Discuss, in detail, the biological differences Wells predicted and how selection (that is, evolutionary process) led to these differences. Be sure to use specific examples from the novel that show the "devolution" Wells has predicted and how the Time Traveler imagines it happened. While Wells may have considered this evolution "devolution," what do you think? Is this long-term view of humanity necessarily as negative as Wells's character seems to think? Why or why not?
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
One example of the "devolution" is the social Darwinism that forces changes in humanity. Describe what social forces Wells was describing in this novel and how he thought they might help humans "devolve." How does Wells fictionalize these social forces in this science fiction? What are the speculative elements he uses to symbolize and explore these social forces and their effects?
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