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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Time Traveler remove from the time machine when he prepares to follow the Eloi?
(a) The saddle.
(b) Levers.
(c) Knobs.
(d) Dials.

2. On what day of the week did the guests come for dinner?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Saturday.

3. How many Eloi are in the first group the Time Traveler meets soon after he lands?
(a) Over a thousand.
(b) Just 3.
(c) 8 or 10.
(d) 80 or 100.

4. What "rises and falls" while the Time Traveler is observing from inside the time machine?
(a) Buildings.
(b) A winged sphinx.
(c) Flowers.
(d) The tide.

5. Which battle does the Psychologist mention, when the men speak of traveling in history to see past battles?
(a) The Battle of the Bulge.
(b) Waterloo.
(c) The Battle of Hastings.
(d) The London Blitz.

6. What does the Time Traveler notice about Eloi gender roles?
(a) That there is no real gender difference.
(b) That females are larger and more assertive than males.
(c) That the males bear young.
(d) That males are louder and more graceful than females.

7. When the Time Traveler sees an animal in the night, what does he take it for?
(a) A small deer.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A goat.
(d) An Eloi.

8. Of what foodstuff does the diet of the Eloi consist?
(a) Poultry.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Insects.
(d) Fruit.

9. What color is the animal the Time Traveler sees in the night on the way to look for his missing time machine?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

10. With which institution is Professor Simon Newcomb affiliated?
(a) New York Time Travel Society.
(b) New York Mathematical Society.
(c) Royal Society of Magicians.
(d) Royal Society of Learned Mathematicians.

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

12. Of what material does the Sphinx appear to be made?
(a) White marble.
(b) Green porcelain.
(c) White porcelain.
(d) Green marble.

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

14. According to the Time Traveler, how long did it take to make the model of the time machine?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Two months.

15. Remarking on how dirty the Time Traveler's clothes were, the Journalist wonders whether or not the future has any of what object?
(a) Showers.
(b) Dust busters.
(c) Laundromats.
(d) Clothes brushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did he find out her name was Weena?

2. What do the Eloi wear on their heads?

3. What does the Time Traveler see after his meal with the Eloi, when he goes outside again to look at the White Sphinx?

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

5. Which of the characters says that he has never heard of the Fourth Dimension?

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