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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. Approximately how tall are the creatures?
(a) Four feet.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Three feet.
(d) Five feet.

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

3. The Time Traveler recognizes the landscape of the Eloi as the valley of what river from his own time?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Thames.
(c) The Floss.
(d) The Danube.

4. What is the model of the time machine made out of?
(a) Just ivory.
(b) Ivory and a crystalline substance.
(c) Iron and bronze.
(d) Diamonds.

5. Of what metal is the pedestal of the Sphinx made?
(a) Silver.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Gold.
(d) Copper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big is the model time machine the Time Traveler shows his guests?

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

3. In which point of view is Chapter 2 told?

4. Why does the Time Traveler think that it was not the Eloi who moved the time machine?

5. Approximately how many Eloi are there in the great hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads the Time Traveler to believe that his time machine has been taken into the White Sphinx?

2. Describe the point of view that takes over the story in Chapter 3?

3. In addition to the flowers, what other piece of tangible, physical evidence seems to offer some proof to the dinner guests that the Time Traveler may have actually traveled in time?

4. What are the Eloi doing when the Time Traveler first enters the great hall?

5. After the Time Traveler escapes the Morlocks and starts traveling farther into the future, what does he notice about the sun?

6. What do the Editor and the Journalist think about the story the guests relate about the model time machine?

7. How does the Time Traveler describe the way the language of the Eloi sound?

8. What are some of the reasons the Time Traveler is beginning to think of the future as a Golden Age or utopia, in Chapter 5?

9. What does the Time Traveler intend to do with Weena once he recovers the time machine?

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

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