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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon what geographical formation does the Time Traveler find himself in the far future?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A chasm.
(c) A hilltop.
(d) A mesa.

2. What characterizes the thirty or forty Morlocks on the hill, watching the fire rage toward them?
(a) They are helpless.
(b) They are sorry for killing.
(c) They are hungry for Eloi.
(d) They are on fire.

3. 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) Filby.
(b) The Very Young Man.
(c) The Medical Man.
(d) The Provincial Mayor.

4. Whom did the narrator meet on Friday at the Linnaeum?
(a) Filby.
(b) The Medical Man.
(c) The Provincial Mayor.
(d) The Psychologist.

5. What do the Eloi offer the Time Traveler when he intimates that he did in fact come out of the thunderstorm?
(a) Nuts.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Berries.
(d) Flowers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the archway into the great hall of the Eloi decorated?

3. Which of the characters actually operates the model of the time machine?

4. What academic subject is based on misconceptions, according to the Time Traveler?

5. Which character suggests that, in the future, time travelers might encounter communist societies?

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