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THE TIME MACHINE Test Review
What is the name of the creatures who live above
ground?
(A) Eloi
(B) Morlocks
(C) Weena
(D) Porcelains
(A) Eloi
Where is the time machine hidden?
(A) In the Morlocks' underworld
(B) In the Palace of Green Porcelain
(C) In the woods near the Palace of Green Porcelain
(D) In the pedestal of the sphinx statue
(D) In the pedestal of the sphinx statue
What is (or was) the Palace of Green Porcelain?
(A) Another Eloi habitation
(B) A museum
(C) A portal to the underworld
(D) A Morlock stronghold
(B) A museum
In this novella, what is the fourth dimension?
(A) Hope
(B) The past
(C) Space
(D) Time
(D) Time
Which of the following brushes the Time Traveller with
its antennae?
(A) A giant crab
(B) A huge white butterfly
(C) An Eloi
(D) A tentacled black thing
(A) A giant crab
As time passes, what happens to the sun?
(A) It gets smaller
(B) It stops moving
(C) It becomes dimmer
(D) It speeds up in its trajectory across the sky
(C) It becomes dimmer
Which of the following does the Time Traveller not
retrieve from the museum?
(A) Camphor
(B) A lever
(C) Sulphur
(D) Matches
(C) Sulphur
Which of the following ecological disasters does the Time
Traveller inflict on the future?
(A) A forest fire
(B) Interbreeding
(C) The introduction of foreign diseases
(D) Desertification
(A) A forest fire
What do the Morlocks fear most?
(A) The time machine
(B) The Time Traveller
(C) The Eloi
(D) Light
(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
(C) To turn off the machine
(D) To prove he had made his journey
(B) To prevent anyone from using the machine
What does the Time Traveller bring back from the
future?
(A) Weena
(B) A giant crab
(C) Two Flowers
(D) Camphor
(C) Two Flowers
The Eloi remind the Time Traveller of:
(A) Fairies
(B) Cavemen
(C) Lawyers
(D) Victims of tuberculosis
(D) Victims of tuberculosis
When the novella appeared, H.G. Wells was a(n):
(A) Astronomer
(B) Priest
(C) Research assistant
(D) Science teacher
(D) Science teacher
The Eloi language contains few:
(A) Nouns
(B) Verbs
(C) Abstract terms
(D) Words
(C) Abstract terms
Weena seems to love the Time Traveller. Why?
(A) He is big and strong
(B) He saved her life
(C) He is not afraid of Morlocks
(D) He is exotic
(B) He saved her life.
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
(C) The narrator does not believe the Time
Traveller
(D) The narrator believes 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
(C) They are the ventilators of the underworld
(D) They are Morlock-mobiles
(C) They are the ventilators of the underworld
The Time Machine was first published in book
form in what year?
(A) 1895
(B) 1905
(C) 1915
(D) 1925
(A) 1895
Before he discovers the Morlocks, the Time
Traveller ascribes the weakness of humankind's
descendents to what?
(A) Fate
(B) Communism
(C) Religion
(D) Capitalism
(B) Communism
Where does the Time Traveler store the object(s)
he removes from the time machine?
A. In a hole in the ground.
B. Around his wrist.
C. In his knapsack.
D. In his pocket.
C. In his pocket.
In his reflection at the end of the story, what is one
of the possible times the narrator believes that the
Time Traveler may have traveled to?
A. Back to save Weena.
B. A time when humans were still humans.
C. The far future.
D. The ancient, pre-human past.
B. A time when humans were still humans.
Of what foodstuff does the diet of the Eloi
consist?
A. Fruit.
B. Vegetables.
C. Insects.
D. Poultry.
A. Fruit.
What do the Eloi offer the Time Traveler when he
intimates that he did in fact come out of the
thunderstorm?
A. Nuts.
B. Fruit.
C. Berries.
D. Flowers.
A. Flowers.
How does the Time Traveler determine that the
time machine was taken into the base of the
Sphinx?
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.
C. He finds marks and footprints.
Why is it significant that the moon is starting to
wane in 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 the book?
A. That he patented his invention.
B. That he went to save Weena.
C. That he sold the machine.
D. That he has never returned.
C. That he has never returned.
What kinds of feelings will humans continue to
have, according to the narrator?
A. Greed and stupidity.
B. Loneliness and apathy.
C. Tenderness and love.
D. Hatred and self-loathing.
C. Tenderness and love.
What allows the Time Traveler to escape the
Morlocks?
A. Shouting as loudly as he can.
B. His sidearm.
C. Weena comes with reinforcements.
D. Setting a piece of paper on fire.
D. Setting a piece of paper on fire.
Approximately how many Eloi are there in the
great hall?
A. Between 500 and 1000.
B. Several thousand.
C. A couple hundred.
D. About 75.
C. A couple hundred.
What surprises the Time Traveler when he goes
to the White Sphinx to finally reclaim his time
machine?
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.
D. The valve doors are open.
What best describes the animal life the Time
Traveler sees in the farthest future to which the
Time Traveler travels?
A. Tentacled.
B. Three-toed.
C. Finned.
D. Winged.
A. Tentacled.
How was the archway into the great hall of the
Eloi decorated?
A. With streamers.
B. With faux finish.
C. With garlands of flowers.
D. With carvings.
D. With carvings.
When the Time Traveler returns home in
Chapter 12, even he himself wonders if the whole
experience was just a what?
A. Hallucination.
B. Dream.
C. Fantasy.
D. False memory.
What, according to the narrator in the Epilogue,
is likely to cause the downfall of humanity?
A. Greed.
B. Technological advances.
C. Pollution.
D. Unemployment.
B. Technological advances.