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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Time Traveler attempt to communicate the concept of time to the first Eloi he meets?
(a) He uses math, the universal language.
(b) He lectures them on the Fourth Dimension.
(c) He points to the sun.
(d) He looks at his watch.

2. Why cannot Weena help the Time Traveler make out or interpret the inscription he finds in the Palace of Green Porcelain?
(a) Because she is illiterate/has no written language.
(b) Because Weena did not want to.
(c) Because Weena was a bad student of history.
(d) Because Weena does not speak any language at all.

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

4. When the Time Traveler sees an animal in the night, what does he take it for?
(a) A small deer.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A goat.
(d) An Eloi.

5. Why is the Time Traveler worried about stopping?
(a) He fears he might hit something.
(b) He fears he might damage the time machine and be stuck in the future.
(c) He fears he might fall off the machine.
(d) He fears he might hurt a passerby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characterizes the thirty or forty Morlocks on the hill, watching the fire rage toward them?

2. Why does the Time Traveler keep the camphor he finds?

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

4. Where does the Time Traveler intend to go once he is armed with things he found at the museum?

5. What does the Time Traveler ask his guests to save for him while he changes?

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