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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "trick" the Medical Man says the Time Traveler showed them last Christmas?
(a) A spaceship.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A disappearing rabbit.
(d) An alien autopsy.

2. Why does the Time Traveler refer to the "abominable desolation" of the far future in Chapter 11?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Monster Crabs.
(c) Thin air.
(d) Poisonous-looking plants.

3. Why does the Time Traveler keep the camphor he finds?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Both of the above.
(c) Its usefulness as a medicine.
(d) Its flammable properties.

4. What year does the Time Traveler say the dials on his machine recorded?
(a) 802701.
(b) 89271.
(c) 8027.
(d) 800001.

5. What is Weena's reaction to the growing forest fire?
(a) She wants to capture it in a glass.
(b) She wants to run to the fire and play with it.
(c) She wants to run away from it.
(d) She wants to put it out.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does this description apply: "a vast dome glowing with a dull heat, and now and then suffering a momentary extinction," in Chapter 11?

3. What kinds of creature does Weena find and play with in the museum?

4. What, according to the Time Traveler, must be "useless" if nature is appealing to intelligence?

5. What does the Time Traveler see after his meal with the Eloi, when he goes outside again to look at the White Sphinx?

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