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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the Time Traveler, must be "useless" if nature is appealing to intelligence?
(a) "Drive and desire."
(b) None of these.
(c) "Habit and instinct."
(d) "Intuition and ritual."

2. Why did the Morlocks' plan fail?
(a) It turned out that they were afraid of the dark.
(b) They did not understand the nature of the Time Machine.
(c) The Time Traveler had a working torch.
(d) The Time Traveler had a gun to fight them.

3. Although the Time Traveler finds sulfur in the museum, what additional ingredient for gunpowder does he lack?
(a) Saltpeter.
(b) Neon.
(c) Cobalt.
(d) Sodium.

4. What is happening to the Time Traveler's memory in Chapter 12, when he returns home?
(a) None of the above.
(b) It is becoming more vivid.
(c) It is generating false images.
(d) It is fading.

5. What does the Time Traveler plan to use to illuminate the woods?
(a) The lights on the time machine.
(b) Fire.
(c) Weena's flashlight.
(d) The Moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Time Traveler sees the river and estuary from the point of view of the Palace of Green Porcelain, what does he think of for the first time?

2. What is Weena's reaction to the growing forest fire?

3. Whom does the Time Traveler refer to as "cattle" multiple times in Chapter 10?

4. Why does the Time Traveler refer to the "abominable desolation" of the far future in Chapter 11?

5. What does the Time Traveler realize when he picks Weena up and slings her over his shoulder?

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