This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Classics > The Time Machine – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Time Machine Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the correct vocabulary word: "But before the balloons, save for ..... jumping and the inequalities of the surface, man had no freedom of vertical movement." A) Mutton. B) Spasmodic. C) Frugivorous. D) Carnivorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spasmodic. 2. The 'Where' is ..... A) The time the action takes place. B) What the who/subject does. C) The place the action in the text takes place or the setting. D) Just a place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The place the action in the text takes place or the setting. 3. The narrator A) Wanted proof of the inventor's journey. B) Believed that the inventor had travelled through time. C) Was sure that the inventor had made up the story. D) Thought he saw ghosts in the laboratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Believed that the inventor had travelled through time. 4. What does the Time Traveller find with a camera and a knapsack when the narrator returns to him? A) A spaceship. B) A treasure map. C) A time machine. D) A dinosaur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A time machine. 5. Little ..... scurried about the floor. A) Discord. B) Calamity. C) Vermin. D) Insidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vermin. 6. Gary's voice was ..... from cheering at the football game. A) Statement. B) Detective. C) Hoarse. D) Janitor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hoarse. 7. The 'who/subject' is ..... A) The person or thing a text or article is about. B) The date the article is happening. C) Where the stuff takes place. D) What happens in the article or text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The person or thing a text or article is about. 8. We watched the flag ..... in the breeze. A) Flutter. B) Scoop. C) Wail. D) Wilderness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flutter. 9. The next morning, the Time Traveller A) Was thinking more clearly. B) Found the Time Machine. C) Decided to stay in the future. D) Built himself a small house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was thinking more clearly. 10. What reaction does the Time Traveller receive when he suggests opening the doors to the bronze pedestal? A) The Eloi want to help him. B) The Eloi ignore him and go about their business. C) The Eloi begin banging on the doors. D) The Eloi become visibly upset. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Eloi become visibly upset. 11. What is the most likely meaning of indistinct as it is used in this passage from The Time Machine? " ..... and the little machine suddenly swung around, became indistinct, was seen as a ghost ..... " A) Not clearly visible. B) Increasingly bright. C) Unable to remain still. D) Agitated in its movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not clearly visible. 12. Who is the unknown man that is quiet, shy, and has a beard who attends the dinner with the other men? A) Unknown at this point. B) The time traveller. C) Another doctor. D) The lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unknown at this point. 13. Apparition A) Ghost; spirit. B) Reversal. C) Escaped. D) Prank or trick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghost; spirit. 14. Read the sentence and answer the question that follows. But before the balloons, save for the spasmodic jumping and the inequalities of the surface, man had no freedom of vertical movement. Based on the sentence above, what do you think spasmodic means? A) A sudden involuntary contraction. B) Occurring or done in brief irregular burst. C) A canned meat product made mostly from ham. D) A streamlined, smooth movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occurring or done in brief irregular burst. 15. According to the Time Traveler, what is the Fourth Dimension? A) Time. B) Space. C) Geometry. D) Length, breadth, and thickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 16. How many days was the traveler away? A) 6. B) 9. C) 4. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 17. How was the archway into the great hall decorated? A) With carvings. B) With faux finish. C) With streamers. D) With garlands of flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With carvings. 18. What is the Palace of Green Porcelain? A) The ruins of the 21st century. B) A museum. C) The Morlocks' lair. D) The Time Traveller's home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A museum. 19. What was he given to eat when he stopped time travelling A) Raw meat. B) Other people. C) Fruit. D) Eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fruit. 20. Into what year does the Time Traveller estimate he has arrived? A) 800, 000 C.E. B) 50, 000 B.C.E. C) 300, 000 B.C.E. D) 1 billion C.E. E) He does not know the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 800, 000 C.E. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesThe Time Machine Quiz 1The Time Machine Quiz 2The Time Machine Quiz 3The Time Machine Quiz 4The Time Machine Quiz 5The Time Machine Quiz 6The Time Machine Quiz 7The Time Machine Quiz 8The Time Machine Quiz 10The Time Machine Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books