This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Comparative > The Time Machine – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Time Machine Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When discussing time travel the following are mentioned:the Battle of Hastings, Homer, and Plato. These are all ..... to historical things or people. A) Allusions. B) Metaphors. C) Similes. D) Aliterations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusions. 2. Click on the right description of the people from the future: A) They had straight hair, they spoke loudly and argued. B) They had wavy hair, they smiled and they threw flowers at the Time Traveller. C) They wore uniforms, they observed the Time Traveller closely and touched him. D) They had long hair, they asked a lot of questions and they seemed unwelcoming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had wavy hair, they smiled and they threw flowers at the Time Traveller. 3. What colors are the Morlocks eyes? A) Blue/Green. B) White/Blue. C) White/Red. D) Red/Grey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red/Grey. 4. How does the narrator feel when he encounters the creature in the old house? A) Curious. B) Terrified. C) Indifferent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Terrified. 5. According to one view, the shapes on the hill could have been A) Ghosts. B) Animals smoke. C) Smoke rings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghosts. 6. How do the creatures react to the Time Traveller's arrival? A) They run from him. B) They worship him. C) They welcome him. D) They just stare at him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They welcome him. 7. George was A) Just joking with the men about traveling through time. B) Not sure about time travel. C) A man who dedicated many hours to the idea of time travel. D) Happy in his current time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A man who dedicated many hours to the idea of time travel. 8. Where does the Time Traveller fear he might accidentally end up when he stops? A) In a lava pit. B) Inside a solid object. C) Above an ocean. D) In a garbage dump. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inside a solid object. 9. Which event from the story really happened? A) Mrs. Myserson used the time machine to go to Germany. B) Grace and Nana visited The Gambia. C) The children traveled to the future. D) Nana and the children took a trip to Trinidad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grace and Nana visited The Gambia. 10. Contrivance A) Weak; delicate; frail. B) Drive; ambition. C) Up to this present time. D) A specialized mechanical device; something invented for a purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A specialized mechanical device; something invented for a purpose. 11. As time passes faster, what happens to the sun? A) It gets smaller. B) It stops moving. C) It becomes dimmer. D) It moves quickly across the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It stops moving. 12. How does George keep the Morlocks back while he's underground? A) He sets fire to a torch. B) He yells at them. C) He threatens to hurt Weena. D) He is too strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He sets fire to a torch. 13. How does the narrator feel when he realizes his Time Machine is missing? A) Happy. B) Worried. C) Bored. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worried. 14. After finding a block of sulphur, in one of the galleries, what idea sets the Time Traveler's mind racing? (chpts. 5-8) A) He wonders if he can find the proper ingredients to make gunpowder. B) He can place the lighted Sulphur blocks at the openings of the Morlock caves to keep them in at night. C) He can use all the blocks he's found to create a stronghold for himself. D) He believes the terrible smell of Sulphur burning will keep the Morlocks away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wonders if he can find the proper ingredients to make gunpowder. 15. Can theme be found in fiction and nonfiction? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Moved back; retreated A) Gaunt. B) Hypothesis. C) Receded. D) Mace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receded. 17. The author probably wrote this story to A) Persuade children to be inventors. B) Show how to invent a time machine. C) Tell an interesting story about an invention. D) Show that children and adults can be inventors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell an interesting story about an invention. 18. What, according to the narrator in the Epilogue, is likely to cause the downfall of humanity? A) Technological advances. B) Greed. C) Unemployment. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Technological advances. 19. Which character is an argumentative redhead? A) The psychologist. B) The provincial mayor. C) Filby. D) The medical man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Filby. 20. The large hall in which the little people lived A) Was well kept. B) Was familiar. C) Was poorly kept. D) None of above. 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