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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Time Traveler refer to the "abominable desolation" of the far future in Chapter 11?
(a) Monster Crabs.
(b) Thin air.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Poisonous-looking plants.

2. Discussing the fear of the Eloi during the New Moon, the Time Traveler says that his fear is different than theirs. Why?
(a) He is not afraid of the Morlocks.
(b) He is afraid of the Eloi.
(c) He knows he has an escape route.
(d) He is not paralyzed by his fear.

3. The Time Traveler compares the Morlocks to which kind of monkey or ape?
(a) White lemurs.
(b) Bush babies.
(c) Mandrills.
(d) Orangutans.

4. What does the Time Traveler judge his pace in the machine to be?
(a) A decade an second.
(b) An hour a day.
(c) A year a minute.
(d) A season an a milisecond.

5. What adjective does the Time Traveler use to describe the hair color of the Morlocks?
(a) Strawberry blonde.
(b) Titian.
(c) Albino.
(d) Flaxen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is his only comfort?

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

3. The Time Traveler decides that the museum must be in the location of which part of London from his own time?

4. What part of the flower does the Medical Man find odd?

5. What year does the Time Traveler estimate he has traveled to before he actually reports what exact year the machine recorded?

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