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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Time Traveler realize when he picks Weena up and slings her over his shoulder?
(a) That the fire is spreading.
(b) That Weena is dead.
(c) That he has lost his way in the forest.
(d) That they are surrounded my Morlocks in all directions.

3. Faced with his loathing of the Morlocks, the Time Traveler feels like a what "in a cage"?
(a) A dog.
(b) A beast.
(c) A canary.
(d) A man.

4. The Time Traveler remarks in Chapter 4 that the first Eloi he sees has a strange absence of what instinct?
(a) Anger.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Aggression.
(d) Fear.

5. What year does the Time Traveler estimate he has traveled to before he actually reports what exact year the machine recorded?
(a) 802000.
(b) 8049.
(c) 2194.
(d) 804000.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what far future creature does the following description apply: "its many legs moving slowly and uncertainly, its big claws swaying, its long antennae like carters' whips"?

2. What are the objects/things that Wells describes with the word "carbuncles"?

3. What is the Fourth Dimension?

4. Why is Weena unable to walk in the forest?

5. To what does the Time Traveler compare his excitement/anxiety when he is about to travel in the machine for the first time?

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