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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the archway into the great hall of the Eloi decorated?
(a) With streamers.
(b) With faux finish.
(c) With garlands of flowers.
(d) With carvings.

2. What sound does the Time Traveler hear from deep within the shaft?
(a) Subway/Underground train.
(b) Machinery.
(c) Heavy-metal music.
(d) Screams.

3. Why does the Time Traveler remove something from the machine when he meets the Eloi and prepares to leave the machine?
(a) So the Eloi cannot figure out how to build their own.
(b) So the Eloi will not sell the time machine on the black market.
(c) So he can travel back in time without the machine.
(d) So it cannot be operated.

4. The narrator mentions that if another character had shown them the time machine, they would not be as skeptical as they were of the Time Traveler. Which other character does he mention?
(a) The Provincial Mayor.
(b) Filby.
(c) The Medical Man.
(d) The Very Young Man.

5. What distinguishes the way the Time Traveler walks when he returns during the second dinner?
(a) He walks with a cane.
(b) He walks with a limp.
(c) He runs everywhere very quickly.
(d) He is missing a foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes the "prettiness" of the Eloi, when the Time Traveler first meets them?

2. What year does the Time Traveler say the dials on his machine recorded?

3. What "rises and falls" while the Time Traveler is observing from inside the time machine?

4. What does the Time Traveler find when he attempts to climb down into one of the Morlocks' shafts or tunnels?

5. What does one use to operate the model?

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