This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Time Machine – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Time Machine Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What confuses the Time Traveller about the stars? A) The constellations he knows are gone due to the stars shifting over time. B) The absence of clear night skies in the future due to light pollution. C) How the constellations do not actually look like what they symbolically represent. D) Their inexplicable brightness of millions of other suns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The constellations he knows are gone due to the stars shifting over time. 2. What is one of the possible times the narrator believes that the Time Traveler may have traveled to? (from Epilogue) A) The ancient, pre-human past. B) Beijing, 2022. C) Shanghai, 2021. D) Back to save Weena. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ancient, pre-human past. 3. It is important for safety reasons, to ..... yourself in your seat when you go for a drive in the car A) Cable. B) Strap. C) Instrument. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strap. 4. Resource What does it mean? A) A tool for finding direction. B) Things that people need or can use to live. C) The state of being unable to do something. D) Lives in a place or environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Things that people need or can use to live. 5. Synonym for evidence, verification, confirmation, certification, documentation, or validation. A) Statement. B) Janitor. C) Hoarse. D) Proof. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proof. 6. A long, loud cry. A) Wail. B) Scoop. C) Flutter. D) Protection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wail. 7. Grace showed she was capable of taking good care of Nana by ..... A) Pouring a cup of coffee for Nana. B) Inviting Mrs. Myerson to visit Nana. C) Showing her atlas to Nana. D) Traveling to The Gambia with Nana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pouring a cup of coffee for Nana. 8. Where does the Time Traveller end up eventually to try to return back in time? A) Back at the Palace of Green Porcelain. B) The White Sphinx. C) Earth. D) The Eloi's land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The White Sphinx. 9. Chapter 2 ends by the Time Traveller ..... A) Eating his dinner. B) Telling the story of his time travel to friends. C) Disappearing. D) Showing the time machine model to his friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telling the story of his time travel to friends. 10. What did the narrator discover about the little people's diet? A) They only ate meat. B) They only ate fruit. C) They only ate vegetables. D) They only ate bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They only ate fruit. 11. What surprises the Time Traveler when he goes to the White Sphinx to finally reclaim his time machine? (from Chapter 10) A) The Sphinx is now green. B) The Sphinx has been moved. C) The forest fire singed the doors. D) The valve doors are open. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The valve doors are open. 12. Use a strong rope to lead the ..... into the barn. A) Flutter. B) Stallion. C) Wail. D) Wilderness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stallion. 13. A work of fiction like the story "The Time Machine" consists of A) Real characters. B) Real events. C) Made up characters and made up events. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made up characters and made up events. 14. What are literary devices? A) Technology you use to read stories. B) Tools used by the author to give stories meaning. C) The meanings a reader interperets from a story. D) Spelling and grammar checks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tools used by the author to give stories meaning. 15. At the end of this story A) The inventor had located the missing Weena. B) The narrator found the inventor's secret notes. C) The guests had come to lunch at the inventor's home. D) The inventor had not returned in three years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The inventor had not returned in three years. 16. The Time Traveler is written in which person? A) 1st. B) And. C) An offer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st. 17. This newspaper ..... does not give all the facts. A) Article. B) Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Article. 18. What did the people's little chins come to? A) A square. B) A circle. C) A point. D) An oval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A point. 19. A person skilled and with great knowledge in a certain area. A) Cheerful. B) Scout. C) Expert. D) Tough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expert. 20. What is happening with the weather right before the Time Traveller lands for the first time? A) It is a hail storm. B) It is a heavy snow storm. C) It is a hurricane. D) It is sunny, but windy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a hail storm. 21. Harmful but subtle and enticing; treacherous A) Calamity. B) Foliage. C) Atrocious. D) Insidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insidious. 22. A somersault is something one uses on a fishing trip. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 23. He was breathing very fast he got the sensation of A) Going in space. B) Swimming. C) Mountaineering. D) None of this. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountaineering. 24. When the Time Traveler sees an animal in the night, what does he take it for? (from Chapter 5) A) A small deer. B) A rabbit. C) And Eloi. D) A goat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A small deer. 25. What creatures populate the beach that the Time Traveller lands on? A) Giant pigeons. B) Giant crabs. C) Small beached whales. D) Ordinary surfers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giant crabs. 26. The Time Traveller stops on a beach. What type of creatures surround the Time Machine? A) Furry flying fish with opposable thumbs. B) Slime covered giant crabs. C) Pink landbound birds with teeth. D) Rainbow unicorns and flying pegasuses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slime covered giant crabs. 27. The early settlers had to be ..... in order to make new homes in the frontier. A) Cheerful. B) Tough. C) Scout. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tough. 28. The president made a ..... about the treaty to the newsmen. A) Statement. B) Janitor. C) Proof. D) Hoarse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statement. 29. Which European country uses red and white checks as national symbol? A) United Kingdom. B) Croatia. C) Myself. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Croatia. 30. In which genre does 'The Time Machine' belong? A) Mystery. B) Fantasy. C) Romance. D) Science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science fiction. 31. Fill in the blank: " ..... because it happens that our consciousness moved ..... in one direction along the latter from the beginning to the end of our lives." A) Irreverent. B) Apparition. C) Steadfastly. D) Peptone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steadfastly. 32. Why did the little people not try to save the drowning woman? A) They were physically weak. B) They didn't like her. C) They couldn't swim. D) They didn't notice her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were physically weak. 33. A box with a hole in it will contain lots of grain. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 34. An important river which runs through London A) Vermin. B) Thames. C) Lemurs. D) Acacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thames. 35. Either of two times in the year when the sun is farthest from the equator:June 22 or December 22 A) Rudimentary. B) Fluctuation. C) Elusive. D) Solstice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solstice. 36. What will happen when the white bar is pressed? A) The machine will go into the future. B) The machine will explode. C) The machine will go into the present. D) The machine will go into the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The machine will go into the future. 37. What does the Time Traveller bring back from the future? A) A giant crab. B) Two flowers. C) Camphor. D) Weena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two flowers. 38. First, the Traveller and Weena headed for the Green Palace. The, a nail came loose in the Time Traveller's shoe. Next, A) The inventor took off his jacket. B) The two travellers rested by the woods. C) The moon came out and it got light. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The two travellers rested by the woods. 39. In the farthest future in which the Time Traveller travels, what color is the one evidence of animal life he sees? A) White. B) Black. C) Red. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black. 40. At first glance, the Time Traveler thinks that his first ..... to travel through time is a failure. A) Attempt. B) Intrigue. C) Moment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attempt. 41. Everyone made a ..... over the president's visit. A) Expert. B) Fuss. C) Scout. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fuss. 42. What did the main character see in the dark house? A) Sleeping people. B) Empty rooms. C) Eyes sparkling in the dark. D) Old books. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eyes sparkling in the dark. 43. Who would be considered the "haves" ? A) The Time Traveller and his friends. B) The Morlocks. C) The Eloi. D) The giant crab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Eloi. 44. What's the problem in this story? A) There is no problem-they made it back safely. B) A monster is approaching. C) Godzilla is approaching. D) A dinosaur is approaching. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A dinosaur is approaching. 45. The green palace is an old ..... A) Museum. B) Warehouse. C) School. D) Factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Museum. 46. He was very ..... to have been rescued in time. A) Lucky. B) Fortunate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fortunate. 47. Where those time traveller think his time machine is A) In the sphinx. B) The green palace of porcelan. C) In the wells. D) In the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the sphinx. 48. The villagers get drinking water from a ..... A) Lake. B) Bottle. C) Well. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well. 49. Weena and the Time Traveller had to sleep in the woods because A) It was the safest places to stay. B) The Time Traveller had lost his sense of direction. C) They wanted to hide from the Morlocks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Time Traveller had lost his sense of direction. 50. What does the Time Traveller find inside the large circular well? A) A treasure chest. B) A secret passage. C) A time portal. D) A ventilation shaft. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A ventilation shaft. 51. What was the time traveler doing? A) Do parties. B) Study science. C) Go to school. D) Travel in time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Travel in time. 52. It was difficult to see in the ..... moonlight. A) Calamity. B) Stagnant. C) Steadfastly. D) Pallid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pallid. 53. The small tree in our garden was covered in ..... A) Blossom. B) Flowers. C) Birds. D) Ruin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blossom. 54. This event takes place A) In the morning. B) In the afternoon. C) In the evening. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the evening. 55. The creatures were afraid of the Time Traveller when they first met. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. What is the highest value of a coin A) £50. B) £2. C) £20. D) £1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) £2. 57. What charters are in chapter one and two A) Wena, morlocks, and eloi. B) Ash, dash, and chose. C) The time travaller, very young men, Mash, and Chose. D) The time traveller, very young man, Filby, and the narator. E) Aiden, Juls, and Lucian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The time traveller, very young man, Filby, and the narator. 58. Who can use the machines? A) Hale. B) Hales's father. C) Bill. D) Bill's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bill's father. 59. What does the time traveler represent in The Time Machine? A) A compassionate friend. B) A childlike person. C) An adventurous spirit. D) A time machine inventor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An adventurous spirit. 60. At the end of the passage, the characters are a. in Uncle Joseph's lab. b. near a volcano. c. in the sea. d. in outer space. A) In Uncle Joseph's lab. B) In outer space. C) In the sea. D) Near a volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Near a volcano. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish Literature 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books