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The Time Machine

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Chapters 11 and 12, and Epilogue

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The Time Machine

H. G. Wells

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What is the name of the creatures who live above ground?

(A) Eloi

(B) Morlocks

(D) Porcelains

Where is the time machine hidden?

(A) In the Morlocks' underworld

(B) In the Palace of Green Porcelain

(D) In the pedestal of the sphinx statue

What is (or was) the Palace of Green Porcelain?

(A) Another Eloi habitation

(B) A museum

(D) A Morlock stronghold

In this novella, what is the fourth dimension?

(A) Hope

(B) The past

(D) Time

Which of the following brushes the Time Traveller with its antennae?

(A) A giant crab

(B) A huge white butterfly

(D) A tentacled black thing

As time passes, what happens to the sun?

(A) It gets smaller

(B) It stops moving

(D) It speeds up in its trajectory across the sky

Which of the following does the Time Traveller not retrieve from the museum?

(A) Camphor

(B) A lever

(D) Matches

Which of the following ecological disasters does the Time Traveller inflict on the future?

(A) A forest fire

(B) Interbreeding

(D) Desertification

What do the Morlocks fear most?

(A) The time machine

(B) The Time Traveller

(D) Light

Why does the Time Traveller remove the levers from his machine?

(A) To use them as weapons

(B) To prevent anyone from using the machine

(D) To prove he had made his journey

What does the Time Traveller bring back from the future?

(A) Weena

(B) A giant crab

(D) Camphor

The Eloi remind the Time Traveller of:

(A) Fairies

(B) Cavemen

(D) Victims of tuberculosis

When the novella appeared, H.G. Wells was a(n):

(A) Astronomer

(B) Priest

(D) Science teacher

The Eloi language contains few:

(A) Nouns

(B) Verbs

(D) Words

Weena seems to love the Time Traveller. Why?

(A) He is big and strong

(B) He saved her life

(D) He is exotic

What is the narrator's position in relation to the Time Traveller?

(A) The narrator is the Time Traveller

(B) The narrator is Weena, and loves the Time Traveller

(D) The narrator believes the Time Traveller

What is the function of the underground machines?

(A) They manufacture industrial goods for the Eloi

(B) They are used to cook Eloi

(D) They are Morlock-mobiles

The Time Machine was first published in book form in what year?

(A) 1895

(B) 1905

(D) 1925

Before he discovers the Morlocks, the Time Traveller ascribes the weakness of humankind's descendents to what?

(A) Fate

(B) Communism

(D) Capitalism

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