The Time Machine Test

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The Time Machine

by H.G. Wells Test

Multiple Choice: 1.  In this novella, what is the fourth dimension? (A) Hope (B) The past (C) Space (D) Time

 

2. What the name of the creatures who live aboveis ground? (A) Eloi (B) Morlocks (C) Weena (D) Porcelains 3.  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 4.  What do the Morlocks fear most? (A) The Time time machine (B) The Traveller (C) The Eloi (D) Light 5.  When the novella appeared, H.G. Wells was a(n): (A) Astronomer (B) Priest (C) Research assistant (D) Science teacher 6.  Weena seems to love the Time Traveller. Tr aveller. Why? (A) He is big and strong (B) He saved her life (C) He is not afraid of Morlocks (D) He is exotic 7.  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. 8.  What allows the Time Traveler to escape the Morlocks? (A) Shouting as loudly as he can. (B)  His sidearm. (C)  Weena comes with reinforcements r einforcements.. (D) Setting a piece of paper on fire.

9.  Why is it significant that the moon is starting to wane in Chapter 7? (A) Because the Morlocks feed off lunar energy. (B)  Because the nights will be darker. (C)  All of the above. (D) None of the above.

 

10. How does the was Timetaken Traveler determine time machine into the base ofthat the 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. 11.  Of what foodstuff does the diet of the Eloi consist? (A) Fruit. (B)  Vegetables. (C)  Insects. (D) Poultry.

12.  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 13.  The Time Machine was first published in book  form in what year? (A) 1895 (B) 1905 (C) 1915 (D) 1925 14.  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 15.  The Eloi remind the Time Traveller of: (A) Fairies (B) Cavemen (C) Lawyers (D) Victims of tuberculosis

 

16.  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 17.  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

18.  In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, what color is the one evidence of animal life he sees? (A) Black. (B)  Red. (C)  Green. (D) White. 19.  In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, what color is the one evidence of animal life he sees? A. Black. B. Red. C. Green. D. White.

Mark (A) True or (B) False: ___ 20. The Time Machine by HG Wells is considered to be the first science fiction novel. ___ 21. The Time Traveler’s office/studio was in New York City. ___ 22. The Time Traveler invented his machine so that he could travel into the past so that he could prevent the murder of his fiancée. ___ 23. The Time Machine could travel to any place in the world. ___ 24. The Time Traveler went to Egypt where he saw the sphinx that the ancient Egyptians built. ___25. Jules Verne was the author of the Time Machine. ___ 26. The Morlocks had large pinkish-gray eyes. ___ 27. The Time Traveler used a television monitor and radar screen to navigate his journey. ___ 28. The Time Traveler found camphor in a sealed jar. ___ 29. The Morlocks were carnivorous. ___ 30. The Eloi wore orange-colored robes. ___31. After the Time Traveler discovers that his time machine was missing, he found humor in that he spent years in developing the machine to go into the future only to find he frantically wanted to return home. ___ 32The Morlocks lived underground and did not like light. ___ 33. The Time Traveler wished he had brought a Kodak camera with him to record the Morlocks and Eloi. ___ 34. The Time Traveler carried a digital watch with him so that he would know what day and time time it was back in his office/studio. ___ 35. The river in the novel is the Thames River. ___ 36. The Time Traveler thought that the Palace of Green Porcelain might have been a library or museum at some point in the past. ___ 37. The Time Traveler used laser beams to calculate distances and determine determine accurately straight lines.

 

  ___ 38. After he found the Time Machine that had been moved by the Morlocks, he fights off the Morlocks, then jumps into the machine, pushes the lever forward causing him to travel into the future where he gets a glimpse of what the Earth will look like 30,000,000 years in the future. ___ 39. The Time Traveler was able to personally meet Luke Skywalker and see R2D2 and 3CPO. Short Answer QuestionsScience Fiction: 40. What is the setting of speculative fiction?

41. What ideas does speculative fiction focus on?

42. What are space opera stories about?

43. What are “hard” science fiction stories based on? 

44. Why is science so important in “hard” science fiction? 

45. What is temporal/alternate dimension science fiction? Fantasy: 46. What are the six basic fantasy motifs? (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 47. How is fantasy fiction different from science fiction?

48. What is the main difference between fantasy fiction and science fiction?

 

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49. What does The Time Machine imply about the social and economic system of capitalism?

50. Why do you think the Time Traveler traveled again with the time machine and never returned

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