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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What color eyes do the Morlocks have, according to the Time Traveler's first impressions?
(a) Brown-green.
(b) Blue-green.
(c) Grey-red.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?

4. How does the Time Traveler attempt to communicate the concept of time to the first Eloi he meets?

5. How does the Time Traveler describe the feeling of the Eloi touching him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the characters primarily represented by the name of their profession rather than their actual names?

2. Describe the Time Traveler's appearance when he suddenly arrives during the second dinner.

3. Why does the Time Traveler begin to share the Eloi's fear of the dark?

4. Why does the Time Traveler eventually stop the machine?

5. Why, according to the Time Traveler, is the Fourth Dimension overlooked?

6. Why does the Time Traveler feel instinctual hatred for and fear of the Morlocks?

7. Inside the dark tunnel he explores in the Palace, the Time Traveler finds a carcass. What is it and what does this carcass foreshadow?

8. What does the Time Traveler see when he stops the machine in the far future in Chapter 3?

9. Why is the Time Traveler glad about what happened to Weena?

10. What makes The Time Traveler push the lever again and leave the time period with the two creatures and the large, red sun?

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