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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the Time Traveler store the object(s) he removes from the time machine?
(a) In a hole in the ground.
(b) Around his wrist.
(c) In his pocket.
(d) In his knapsack.

3. What, according to the Time Traveler, must be "useless" if nature is appealing to intelligence?
(a) "Intuition and ritual."
(b) "Habit and instinct."
(c) "Drive and desire."
(d) None of these.

4. What does the Time Traveler decide about Weena at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) To stay here and marry her.
(b) To teach her to flight the Morlock.
(c) To bring her into the past with him.
(d) To bring her into the far future.

5. How many Eloi are in the first group the Time Traveler meets soon after he lands?
(a) Just 3.
(b) Over a thousand.
(c) 80 or 100.
(d) 8 or 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have the Morlocks cared for the Time Machine?

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

3. Why is it significant that the moon is starting to wane in Chapter 7?

4. Why does the Time Traveler have trouble lighting matches in Chapter 10?

5. What are the adjectives Wells uses to describe the language of the Eloi?

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