This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Time Machine – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Time Machine Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the Time Traveler refer to when he says "wilderness of rotting paper" ? (from Chapter 8) A) The paper factory. B) The forest exhibition. C) The library. D) The portrait gallery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The library. 2. Lacking color; pale A) Pallid. B) Vermin. C) Porcelain. D) Nemesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pallid. 3. Where was the time machine hidden? A) In the underworld. B) In the woods. C) In the Sphinx. D) Palace of Green Porcelain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the Sphinx. 4. Filby thinks the Time Traveller's ideasdon't make sense. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The guests in the story were the inventor's A) Students. B) Friends. C) Family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friends. 6. When was Walter Hallstein President of the European Commission? A) 20s-30s. B) 80s-90s. C) 50s-60s. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50s-60s. 7. Which one is not a fruit A) Carrot. B) Apple. C) Tomato. D) Strawberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrot. 8. The Time Traveller was A) Strong and brave. B) Weak and anxious. C) Angry and hateful. D) Strange and frightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strong and brave. 9. The group began to chant. A) Argue about different topics. B) Repeat the same words again and again. C) Consider many solutions to a problem. D) Work in a cooperative manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repeat the same words again and again. 10. In YOUR opinion, what might TWO benefits of time travel be? A) Understanding historical events better and preventing future mistakes. B) Meeting famous people from the past and getting autographs. C) Finding lost treasures and becoming rich. D) Eating historical foods and wearing period costumes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding historical events better and preventing future mistakes. 11. The people of the future A) Lived in small houses. B) Worked very hard. C) Liked to work in gardens. D) Were not very strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were not very strong. 12. What social system does the time traveler believe is in the future? A) Communism. B) Monarchy. C) Fortnite. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communism. 13. The future world A) Was full of angry people and beasts. B) Seemed to b e free from hard times and fear. C) Never grew dark in the evening. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seemed to b e free from hard times and fear. 14. What is the setting of chapter 3 in The Time Machine? A) The setting of chapter 3 in The Time Machine is the year A.D. 3000 on a distant planet. B) The setting of chapter 3 in The Time Machine is the year A.D. 802, 701 in a future world. C) The setting of chapter 3 in The Time Machine is the year A.D. 2022 in a modern city. D) The setting of chapter 3 in The Time Machine is the year A.D. 1800 in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The setting of chapter 3 in The Time Machine is the year A.D. 802, 701 in a future world. 15. When the Time Traveller landed on the green lawn, A) He broke the Time Machine. B) He found his old house. C) He saw large, fierce people. D) He discovered a strange statue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He discovered a strange statue. 16. Why does everybody know each other in the town? A) It is a boring town. B) It is a small town. C) Everybody is relatives. D) Everybody likes each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a small town. 17. What do the Eloi eat? A) Moisturized Toes. B) Vegetables. C) Fruit. D) Meat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fruit. 18. What creature did the main character see in the house? A) Monkey with red eyes and long arms. B) Man with a flashlight. C) Dog with collar. D) Cat with green eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monkey with red eyes and long arms. 19. Why was the flying machine so amazing? A) It is lighter than an airplane. B) They didn't have machines that fly at that time. C) It is made out of paper. D) It had an electric engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They didn't have machines that fly at that time. 20. To wave back and forth. A) Flutter. B) Scoop. C) Stallion. D) Wail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flutter. 21. After too many hours of generating new ideas, everything we said seemed ..... and boring. A) Remnant. B) Stagnant. C) Loathed. D) Preternaturally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stagnant. 22. I had a ..... pain in my ankle, but it wasn't enough to stop walking. A) Slight. B) Stunned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slight. 23. A low wall or railing to protect the edge of a platform, roof, or bridge A) Posterity. B) Exquisite. C) Parapet. D) Fragile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parapet. 24. Another name for this story could be A) A New Friend. B) Wild Imaginings. C) A Helping Hand. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A New Friend. 25. Where does the Time Traveller store the object(s) he removes from the time machine? A) In his pocket. B) In his knapsack. C) Around his wrist. D) In a hole in the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In his pocket. 26. Is the narrator (I) the same person as the Time Traveller? EXPLAIN. A) No, because the narrator is a secondary character in the story. B) Yes, because the narrator refers to personal experiences as the Time Traveller. C) Yes, because the narrator knows too much about time travel. D) No, because the narrator is recounting the story from another person's perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, because the narrator is recounting the story from another person's perspective. 27. The Time Traveller was not afraid of people who greeted him because A) They lived in large buildings. B) They patted his machine. C) They were small and friendly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were small and friendly. 28. Meaning of "Unaccountable" A) Easily explained. B) Unable to be explained. C) Impossible to do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unable to be explained. 29. What does the Time Traveller eat with the new creatures? A) Fruit. B) Eggs. C) Vegetables. D) Nuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fruit. 30. Unable to be detected or seen A) Nemesis. B) Acacia. C) Imperceptible. D) Thames. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperceptible. 31. At night, the Eloi sleep ..... A) In their homes. B) In the forest. C) Together in a big room. D) On the trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Together in a big room. 32. What was wrong with the way the Time Traveller was walking? A) He shuffled his feet. B) He was hopping. C) He couldn't walk. D) He had a limp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had a limp. 33. The children picked up some ..... from the garden and gave ..... to their grandma. A) Flowers/it. B) Flowers/them. C) Flower/ it. D) Flower/them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flowers/them. 34. The scientists studied the animals of the ..... A) Flutter. B) Scoop. C) Wail. D) Wilderness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wilderness. 35. What souvenir from the future world does the Time Traveller remove from his pocket to show his dinner guests? A) A crystalline artifact of the Eloi. B) Two wilted flowers that Weena had given to him. C) A fragment of alien minerals. D) A cultural relic of the Morlacks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two wilted flowers that Weena had given to him. 36. When he entered the room full of strangers, he felt ..... A) Awkward. B) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awkward. 37. Whcih country reunified in 1990? A) Austria. B) Germany. C) Yugoslavia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yugoslavia. 38. The people of the future became frightened when A) It became light outside. B) They couldn't find the Time Traveller. C) They saw the match. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They saw the match. 39. Choose the correct spelling. A) Alarm. B) Ularm. C) Alarm. D) Alarm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alarm. 40. Who is the author of The Time Machine? A) H.G. Wells. B) C.S. Lewis. C) Stephen King. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) H.G. Wells. 41. We saw a ..... done by a famous painter at the art museum. A) Janitor. B) Canvas. C) Detective. D) Hoarse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canvas. 42. Synonym for report, declaration, assertion, announcement, or testimony. A) Statement. B) Janitor. C) Proof. D) Hoarse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement. 43. A ..... was sent ahead of the wagon train to find a new trail. A) Fuss. B) Legend. C) Scout. D) Tough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scout. 44. When you are not in danger. A) Safe. B) Kick. C) Terrified. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Safe. 45. According to the Time Traveller, what are the Morlocks eating? A) The Eloi. B) Beef stew. C) Nuts. D) Fruit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Eloi. 46. Which one is not one of the secrets of success A) Dont give up. B) Imagine. C) Do good work. D) Work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do good work. 47. On his second stop in the future, the Time Traveller A) Found no life at all. B) Found oversized animals and insects. C) Found people like himself. D) Found strange white creatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found oversized animals and insects. 48. The ..... of this heavy rain will be terrible flooding on the main roads. A) Result. B) Outcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Result. 49. What does Weena represent in The Time Machine? A) A time traveler. B) A love interest. C) A childlike person. D) A Morlock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A time traveler. 50. Where did the protagonist think the Time Machine was hidden? A) Inside the bushes. B) In the moonlit ruins. C) Inside the Sphinx. D) In the dining hall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inside the Sphinx. 51. Future generations; offspring A) Exquisite. B) Parapet. C) Posterity. D) Fragile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Posterity. 52. How did the protagonist try to open the bronze doors of the Sphinx? A) By knocking on them. B) By damaging the decoration. C) By asking for help. D) By using gestures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By knocking on them. 53. What becomes of the Time Traveler? (chpts. 9-Epilogue) A) He is committed to an insane asylum. B) He is so traumatized by his experiences that he destroys the time machine. C) He enters the time machine once more and is never seen again. D) He becomes world-famous for his invention. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He enters the time machine once more and is never seen again. 54. Able to happen or be done A) Century. B) Scholars. C) Harrowing. D) Possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Possible. 55. Morlocks are strange creatures that live ..... A) In the well. B) Underground. C) On the ground. D) In the trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Underground. 56. Which word means a try? A) Moment. B) Attempt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attempt. 57. In order to keep the Morlocks away, the inventor A) Lit the sticks and grass he had gathered. B) Gave them his possessions. C) Gave them his velvet vest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lit the sticks and grass he had gathered. 58. (fill in the blank) He couldn't blame her for looking ..... after hearing his lie. A) Indolent. B) Intermittently. C) Adroitly. D) Incredulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incredulous. 59. What are the key plot twists or revelations in Chapter 4? A) There are no plot twists in Chapter 4. B) The story takes place in a different time period in Chapter 4. C) The answer will vary depending on the specific book or story. D) The main character dies in Chapter 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The answer will vary depending on the specific book or story. 60. What does the Time Traveler discover when he returns to the area surrounding the White Sphinx on the first night? (chpts. 5-8) A) He discovers the Time Machine is gone. B) Someone has smashed the dials of the Time Machine. C) The statue of the White Sphinx has been beheaded. D) He finds a young child sleeping in the Time Machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He discovers the Time Machine is gone. Next →Related QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe 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 9The Time Machine Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books