This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > The Time Machine – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Time Machine Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What happens to the sun when the TT travels into the far future? A) It explodes. B) It loses energy and dies. C) It expands. D) It is replaced by the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It loses energy and dies. 2. What was the condition of the Time Machine as mentioned in the extract? A) It was in perfect working condition. B) It was brand new and unused. C) It was incomplete and slightly damaged. D) It was an old model being replaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was incomplete and slightly damaged. 3. Where does the Time Traveller set out to travel into the future? A) Year 800. B) Year 2000. C) Year 2701. D) Year 3000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Year 2701. 4. The future people only went out in the dark. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. How does the Time Traveller hear that the Morlocks are carnivorous? A) He sees animals in the tunnel. B) They speak poorly about the Eloi being vegetarians. C) He says they are "filthily cold.". D) There is some meat on the table in the tunnel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is some meat on the table in the tunnel. 6. Why does the Time Traveller take another, final trip into the future? A) To see if he can find Weena. B) To gather hard evidence. C) To punish the Morlocks. D) To save the Eloi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To gather hard evidence. 7. When the Time Traveller stops again, after escaping the Morlocks, what is the earth like? A) Covered in snow and ice crystals. B) Overgrown with exotic and fecund vegetation. C) Dark and no longer turns on its axis. D) Vibrant and flourishing with advanced civilizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dark and no longer turns on its axis. 8. Quote: "The whole fabric of the world was dissolved and there were just atoms and the void."What does the dissolution of the world's fabric symbolize? A) The importance of atomic science. B) The disintegration of society. C) The concept of time travel. D) The insignificance of human existence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The insignificance of human existence. 9. People who have great knowledge about a subject A) Possible. B) Century. C) Scholars. D) Harrowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scholars. 10. Of what social class are the Eloi? A) Lower Class. B) Upper Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upper Class. 11. When the Time Traveler returns home in Chapter 12, even he himself wonders if the whole experience was just a ..... (from Chapter 12) A) Hallucination. B) Dream. C) Fantasy. D) False memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dream. 12. The hammering sound in the Green Palace was made by A) A janitor. B) The old machines. C) The Morlocks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Morlocks. 13. '' I want to go home, " she ..... in her mother's ear. A) Realised. B) Disappeared. C) Whispered. D) Lit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whispered. 14. How does the Time Traveler (TT) intend to prove his theory of time travel? (chpts. 1-4) A) He is going to synchronize his watch with the gentlemen's watches and then travel ten minutes into the future. B) He has created a small model of the Time Machine to show the men how it works. C) He intends to bring items from the past into the present. D) He plans to send the Psychologist ten minutes into the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has created a small model of the Time Machine to show the men how it works. 15. Why do the Morlocks live underground? A) They lost a bet. B) They are the lower class. C) There is more food underground. D) They like it because it is cooler down there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are the lower class. 16. In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, what color is the one evidence of animal life he sees? (from Chapter 11) A) Green. B) Black. C) Red. D) White. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black. 17. Who wrote the book "The Time Machine" ? A) Jane Taylor. B) H.G. Walls. C) JM Barrie. D) RK. Shine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) H.G. Walls. 18. In 'The Time Machine', where does the protagonist travel to in time? A) Past. B) Future. C) Present. D) Parallel universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Future. 19. What does the Time Traveller notice about the Time Machine when he finds it? A) It has been tampered with and sabotaged trapping him there. B) It is covered in dust and cobwebs from being lost for so long. C) It is oiled and cleaned thoroughly. D) It is a replica made of lesser quality materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is oiled and cleaned thoroughly. 20. The Time Traveller travel to the prehistoric past A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. Fill in the blank: "Upon the hillside were some thirty or forty Morlocks, dazzled by the light and heat, and blundering hither and thither against each other in their ..... " A) Spasmodic. B) Irreverent. C) Bewilderment. D) Peptone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bewilderment. 22. How does the creature in the old house appear to the narrator? A) Friendly and inviting. B) Mysterious and intriguing. C) Threatening and alarming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Threatening and alarming. 23. What is the "clear knowledge" regarding the meat seen by the Time Traveller in the Morlocks' caverns? A) The Morlocks use the meat to try to capture the giant serpent that lives underground. B) The Morlocks are cannibals; they eat each other. C) The meat is placed there as bait to draw the Time Traveller into the caverns. D) The meat on the white table is an Eloi; the Morlocks eat them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The meat on the white table is an Eloi; the Morlocks eat them. 24. After interacting with the little people of the future, the time traveler considers the little people to be more intelligent and mature than him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. The Time Traveller characterizes Weena as a ..... A) Child. B) Friend. C) Pest. D) Love-interest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child. 26. According to the reading, which are the dimensions of space? A) Length and width. B) Width and thikness. C) Length, width, thickness. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Length, width, thickness. 27. This spoon is used to ..... ice cream onto a cone. A) Flutter. B) Scoop. C) Protection. D) Wilderness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scoop. 28. How did the narrator feel about building the time machine after the simple question was asked? A) Proud. B) Excited. C) Confused. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sad. 29. Although he is in great distress over the missing Time Machine, what one fact makes the Time Traveler feel reassured? (chpts. 5-8) A) He has the plans to the machine in his pocket and can rebuild a new machine. B) He has the levers to work the machine in his pocket. C) He knew even if he could not get home, he would be very happy living with the little people. D) He has the key to start the machine in his pocket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He has the levers to work the machine in his pocket. 30. Where does the Time Traveller introduce his concept of time travel? A) In the future. B) At his weekly dinner party. C) At a conference. D) In his garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At his weekly dinner party. 31. It was a bad night for the Time Traveller because A) He could not find a place to sleep. B) He was tired and upset. C) He could not find his Time Machine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He could not find his Time Machine. 32. My mother is going to ..... the peaches so that we can eat them all year. A) Strain. B) Introduce. C) Trudge. D) Preserve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preserve. 33. How were the imaginary trips to Trinidad and Heidelberg alike? A) They're not alike in any way. B) The trip to Trinidad allowed Nana to relive happy memories from her childhood, and the trip to Heidelberg allowed Mrs. Myserson to relive happy memories from her childhood. C) Neither were mentioned in the story. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The trip to Trinidad allowed Nana to relive happy memories from her childhood, and the trip to Heidelberg allowed Mrs. Myserson to relive happy memories from her childhood. 34. When I was a kid, I ..... having to go to Boy Scouts. A) Insidious. B) Inevitable. C) Discord. D) Loathed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loathed. 35. What happens to the Eloi in 'The Time Machine'? A) They become strong and powerful. B) They become weak and childlike. C) They become intelligent and wise. D) They become aggressive and violent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They become weak and childlike. 36. In the forest in Chapter 7, whom does Wells describe as the "dainty ones" ? (from Chapter 7) A) The Morlock. B) Giant butterflies. C) Ancient humans. D) The Eloi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Eloi. 37. When the bar was pushed forward, the model A) Turned over. B) Rattled. C) Disappeared. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disappeared. 38. The Time Traveller was not afraid of the people who greeted hi because A) They lived in large buildings. B) They patted his machine. C) They were small and friendly. D) They gave him something to eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were small and friendly. 39. What specific time of movement did the Time Traveller mention was limited before the invention of balloons? A) Horizontal movement. B) Vertical movement. C) Movement through space. D) Movement through time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertical movement. 40. The wild dog ..... in the forest. A) Disappeared. B) Realised. C) Forced. D) Whispered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappeared. 41. What does solemnly mean? A) Quite loud. B) Deep sincerity. C) Quietly. D) Informal manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deep sincerity. 42. From the events described in the story, what could you conclude about time travel? A) There would be good and bad things about traveling through time. B) There's nothing bad about it. C) We have time machines today. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There would be good and bad things about traveling through time. 43. What two things are being compared in the sentence '' Sariyah is as cute as a puppy." ? A) Cute and the puppy. B) The sentence isnt comparing anything. C) Sariyah and the puppy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sariyah and the puppy. 44. Who is the narrator in The Time Machine? A) Weena. B) The Time Traveler. C) The Eloi. D) An educated middle-aged man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An educated middle-aged man. 45. We will meet you at the park in the picnic ..... A) Carpenter. B) Area. C) Anxious. D) Giggle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Area. 46. When you can fruits, you preserve them. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 47. The Time Traveler prepares to put the levers back into the machine, what "one little thing" does he realize he has overlooked? (chpts. 9-Epilogue) A) He has not fixed the broken lever. B) He can't start the machine until it is back in the exact spot where he arrived. C) He can't light the matches without the match box. D) He has left the matches outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He can't light the matches without the match box. 48. The only ..... left of the oil spill were small pockets of black throughout the sand. A) Stagnant. B) Vestige. C) Nemesis. D) Pallid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vestige. 49. How does the Time Traveler finally escape the Morlocks? (chpts. 9-Epilogue) A) He fights the Morlocks while he inserts the levers into the machine. He is able to turn it on and escape. B) The Eloi come to his rescue and distract the Morlocks long enough for him to leave. C) He throws a stick of dynamite at them and blows them up. D) He lures them into a tunnel he has filled with gunpowder. He then sets off the charge, sealing the Morlocks inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He fights the Morlocks while he inserts the levers into the machine. He is able to turn it on and escape. 50. The circus clown did a ..... off the moving car. A) Instrument. B) Tug. C) Cable. D) Somersault. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Somersault. 51. What are the character motivations in chapter 3? A) To go on a vacation. B) To become a professional chef. C) To learn a new language. D) The character motivations in chapter 3 are to seek revenge and to prove themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The character motivations in chapter 3 are to seek revenge and to prove themselves. 52. The Morlocks live ..... A) In huts. B) In the same buildings as the Eloi. C) In a series of tunnels underground. D) In a temple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a series of tunnels underground. 53. Synonym for district, region, zone, sector, o4, neighborhood. A) Area. B) Carpenter. C) Giggle. D) Anxious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Area. 54. The Eloi live below ground A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 55. What did the main character feel when he saw eyes sparkling in the dark? A) Interest. B) Surprise. C) Joy. D) Fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fear. 56. Those red boxes ..... the old magazines that my father has been saving. A) Cable. B) Strap. C) Contain. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contain. 57. Which was the most exciting event in this story? A) Nana walked on crutches because she broke her ankle. B) Grace went outside to play with her friends. C) Grace and her friends traveled in a time machine. D) Nana and Mrs. Myserson went in for tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grace and her friends traveled in a time machine. 58. The time traveller followed these people ..... A) He could see huge buildings and a great statue. B) Into the ruins of a great building, and ate with them. C) Walls of his laboratory soon disappeared. D) Time traveller's head turned and the machine shook badly. E) They weren't interested in him any more. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into the ruins of a great building, and ate with them. 59. The inventor returned to his home A) On the same day as he left. B) A day after he had left. C) The week before he left. D) The morning that he left. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the same day as he left. 60. What is the genre of The Time Machine? A) Science Fiction. B) Realistic Fiction. C) Mystery. D) Fantasy. 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