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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the characters actually operates the model of the time machine?
(a) The Time Traveler.
(b) Hillyer.
(c) The Medical Man.
(d) The Psychologist.

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

3. What is the model of the time machine made out of?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Iron and bronze.
(c) Ivory and a crystalline substance.
(d) Just ivory.

4. Which character is described in Chapter 2 as having "more than a touch of whim among his elements"?
(a) The Psychologist.
(b) Hillyer.
(c) The Time Traveler.
(d) Filby.

5. How much does the Editor offer to pay for the Time Traveler's story?
(a) A pound a word.
(b) A penny a word.
(c) A shilling a line.
(d) A pound a paragraph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing the Time Traveler drinks at the second dinner?

2. Whom did the narrator meet on Friday at the Linnaeum?

3. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?

4. To which room do the men retire to hear the Time Traveler's story?

5. In which point of view is Chapter 2 told?

(see the answer key)

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