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Time Machine Review Questions

The document contains 25 multiple choice questions about details and events that occur in H.G. Wells' novel The Time Machine. It asks the reader to identify specific details like where the Time Traveler stores objects from the time machine, what the Eloi offer him as food, and how he escapes from the Morlocks. The questions cover events and descriptions from various chapters in the novel.

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Time Machine Review Questions

The document contains 25 multiple choice questions about details and events that occur in H.G. Wells' novel The Time Machine. It asks the reader to identify specific details like where the Time Traveler stores objects from the time machine, what the Eloi offer him as food, and how he escapes from the Morlocks. The questions cover events and descriptions from various chapters in the novel.

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1. A. B. C. D. 2. A. B. C. D. 3. A. B. C. D.

Where does the Time Traveler store the object(s) he removes from the time machine? (from Chapter 4) In a hole in the ground. Around his wrist. In his knapsack. In his pocket. What is one of the possible times the narrator believes that the Time Traveler may have traveled to? (from Epilogue) Back to save Weena. A time when humans were still humans. The far future. The ancient, pre-human past. Of what foodstuff does the diet of the Eloi consist? (from Chapter 5) Fruit. Vegetables. Insects. Poultry.

4. What do the Eloi offer the Time Traveler when he intimates that he did in fact come out of the thunderstorm? (from Chapter 4) A. Nuts. B. Fruit. C. Berries. D. Flowers. 5. How does the Time Traveler determine that the time machine was taken into the base of the Sphinx? (from Chapter 5) A. He can see it through the windows in the base of the statue. B. He smells burnt metal. C. He finds marks and footprints. D. The Eloi read him a note they found. 6. A. B. C. D. 7. A. B. C. D. 8. A. B. C. Why is it significant that the moon is starting to wane in Chapter 7? (from Chapter 7) Because the Morlocks feed off lunar energy. Because the nights will be darker. All of the above. None of the above. What does the narrator say about the Time Traveler at the end of Chapter 12? (from Epilogue) That he patented his invention. That he went to save Weena. That he sold the machine. That he has never returned. What kinds of feelings will humans continue to have, according to the narrator? (from Epilogue) Greed and stupidity. Loneliness and apathy. Tenderness and love.

D. Hatred and self-loathing. 9. What allows him to escape the Morlocks? (from Chapter 6) A. Shouting as loudly as he can. B. His sidearm. C. Weena comes with reinforcements. D. Setting a piece of paper on fire. 10. A. B. C. D. Approximately how many Eloi are there in the great hall? (from Chapter 5) Between 500 and 1000. Several thousand. A couple hundred. About 75.

11. What surprises the Time Traveler when he goes to the White Sphinx to finally reclaim his time machine? (from Chapter 10) A. The Sphinx is now green. B. The forest fire singed the doors. C. The Sphinx has been moved. D. The valve doors are open. 12. A. B. C. D. 13. A. B. C. D. In the forest in Chapter 7, whom does Wells describe as the "dainty ones"? (from Chapter 7) The Eloi. Giant butterflies. The Morlock. Ancient humans. When the Time Traveler sees an animal in the night, what does he take it for? (from Chapter 5) An Eloi. A small deer. A rabbit. A goat.

14. What best describes the animal life the Time Traveler sees in the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels? (from Chapter 11) A. Tentacled. B. Three-toed. C. Finned. D. Winged. 15. A. B. C. D. How was the archway into the great hall of the Eloi decorated? (from Chapter 4) With streamers. With faux finish. With garlands of flowers. With carvings.

16. How many times did the Time Traveler see "Morlocks put their heads down in a kind of agony and rush into the flames"? (from Chapter 9) A. Three.

B. Seven. C. One. D. Four. 17. In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, what color is the one evidence of animal life he sees? (from Chapter 11) A. Black. B. Red. C. Green. D. White. 18. A. B. C. D. What does the Time Traveler refer to when he says "wilderness of rotting paper"? (from Chapter 8) The forest exhibition. The portrait gallery. The library. The museum bookshop.

19. When the Time Traveler returns home in Chapter 12, even he himself wonders if the whole experience was just a what? (from Chapter 12) A. Hallucination. B. Dream. C. Fantasy. D. False memory. 20. A. B. C. D. What, according to the narrator in the Epilogue, is likely to cause the downfall of humanity? (from Epilogue) Greed. Technological advances. Pollution. Unemployment.

21. What frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks? (from Chapter 6) A. He feels things slithering over his feet. B. He smells fear. C. He hears screams. D. He feels them grabbing him and touching him. 22. A. B. C. D. Why is Weena unable to walk in the forest? (from Chapter 9) She faints. She is injured. She wants to die. She falls asleep.

23. When the Time Traveler and Weena are seeking refuge in the Palace of Green Porcelain, what is remarkable about the statue of the faun they find on their way? (from Chapter 7) A. It is made of glass. B. It is made of wood. C. It lacks a head. D. It is two-headed.

24. What, at the end of the chapter about the forest fire, is described as an "overwhelming calamity"? (from Chapter 9) A. The destruction of the Morlocks. B. The destruction of the forest. C. Weena's death. D. The destruction of the Time Machine. 25. What year does the Time Traveler estimate he has traveled to before he actually reports what exact year the machine recorded? (from Chapter 4) A. 802000. B. 8049. C. 2194. D. 804000.

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