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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the Time Traveler determine that the time machine was taken into the base of the Sphinx?
(a) He smells burnt metal.
(b) The Eloi read him a note they found.
(c) He finds marks and footprints.
(d) He can see it through the windows in the base of the statue.

3. What does the Time Traveler see after his meal with the Eloi, when he goes outside again to look at the White Sphinx?
(a) He sees a forest fire.
(b) He sees that the Time Machine is missing.
(c) He sees that another Time Machine is parked next to his own.
(d) He sees Morlocks.

4. What color is the first Eloi's tunic?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Purple.

5. What does the Time Traveler notice about Eloi gender roles?
(a) That females are larger and more assertive than males.
(b) That males are louder and more graceful than females.
(c) That the males bear young.
(d) That there is no real gender difference.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Compared to the children the Time Traveler is used to, what does he estimate the intellectual age of the Eloi to be?

4. Which, of the following metals, is mentioned as part of the Time Machine?

5. What is the texture of the Eloi's hair?

(see the answer key)

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