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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the housekeeper?
(a) Mrs. Clockett.
(b) Mrs. Watchett.
(c) Mrs. Beale.
(d) Mrs. Walker.

2. What do the Eloi wear on their heads?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Turbans.
(c) Skullcaps.
(d) Derby hats.

3. The Time Traveler assumes that his voice is too what for the Eloi?
(a) Harsh and deep.
(b) Sonorous and scathing.
(c) Biting and caustic.
(d) Rough and loud.

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

5. What allows him to escape the Morlocks?
(a) Weena comes with reinforcements.
(b) Shouting as loudly as he can.
(c) His sidearm.
(d) Setting a piece of paper on fire.

6. What is the "trick" the Medical Man says the Time Traveler showed them last Christmas?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A spaceship.
(c) An alien autopsy.
(d) A disappearing rabbit.

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

8. What does the Time Traveler describe the first Eloi he sees as?
(a) "Strong as an ox."
(b) "Preternaturally lovely."
(c) "Ghastly wrinkled."
(d) "Incredibly frail."

9. To what "zoological" specimen does the Time Traveler compare the color of the Morlocks' bodies?
(a) Moths.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Crabs.
(d) Worms.

10. What is the term for a problem in time travel or a contradiction of the timeline mentioned by the Psychologist in Chapter 1?
(a) Orthodoxy.
(b) Contraindication.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Paraclete.

11. What kind of meat are they eating at the second dinner?
(a) Beef.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Pork.
(d) Mutton.

12. What does the Time Traveler find when he attempts to climb down into one of the Morlocks' shafts or tunnels?
(a) There are steps cut into the ground.
(b) There is a rope to climb.
(c) There are metal rods like a ladder.
(d) There is an elevator.

13. How big is the model time machine the Time Traveler shows his guests?
(a) The size of a pocketwatch.
(b) The size of a football.
(c) The size of a small clock.
(d) The size of an automobile.

14. How much does the Editor offer to pay for the Time Traveler's story?
(a) A pound a paragraph.
(b) A pound a word.
(c) A shilling a line.
(d) A penny a word.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Time Traveler smoking?

2. What does the Time Traveler smell in the air when he descends into where the Morlocks live?

3. Which character is described in Chapter 2 as having "more than a touch of whim among his elements"?

4. What color are the Time Traveler's eyes?

5. Why does the Time Traveler remove something from the machine when he meets the Eloi and prepares to leave the machine?

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