DEPARTMENT OF
ENGLISH
BISHOP HEBER
COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
620 017
I B.A. English
Semester
II Course: Fiction
Quiz Question
Bank
Unit
III:
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells
101. In The Time Machine, what is the name of the creatures that live above ground?
a. Eloi
b. Morlocks c. Weena d. porcelains
102. Where is
the time machine hidden?
a. in the morlocks underworld
b. in the palace
of green porcelains
c. in the woods
near the palace of green porcelains
d. in the pedestal of the sphinx statue
103. What do the
Morlocks fear most?
a. the time
machine b. the time traveller c. the Eloi d. light.
104. The Time Machine was first published in
the book form in_____.
a.
1895
b. 1905 c. 1915 d. 1925.
105. In The Time Machine, what is the fourth
dimension?
a. hope b. the
past c. space d. time.
106. What does
the time traveller use to strike the Morlocks?
a. a lever b. the time machine c. Weena
d. a stick
107. How does
the time traveller meet Weena?
a. he finds her
sleeping.
b. he saves her from drowning
c. he saves her
from the Morlocks
d. she
introduces herself to him.
108. How does
the time traveller believe time is related to space?
a. he does not
think it is
b. it is slower
than space
c. it is space’s
zero dimension
d. it is space’s fourth dimension.
109. What do the
Eloi eat?
a. flowers b.
Morlocks c. meat d. fruits.
110. The Time
Machine symbolizes________
a. space b.
science and reason c. invention d. future.
111. “Communism
said I to myself” whose statement is
this?
a. the time traveller’s b. medical man’s
c. psychologist’s d. Weena’s.
112. The Morlocks
represent the_________.
a.
poor
b. tribal c. giant d. aristocracy.
113. H.G. Wells supported the First World War
as…………
a. war to end war b. war and murder c.
sacrifice d. peaceful.
114. H.G. Wells
joined in the Fabian society in the year………….
a. 1909 b. 1906 c.1903 d.1905
115. Wells most
important novel in the inter-war years is……….
a. the world of William Clissold b. the
world would be lost c. ending d.
wars.
116. Who is an
introvert in The Time Machine?
a. Filby b. The Provincial Mayor c. The Time Traveller d. Psychologist.
117. The Time Machine perceives the
exploration of the dualities between ______
a. Technology
and time b. aestheticism and
utilitarianism c. middle and
intelligent d. good and bad.
118. What is meant by instantaneous?
a. emergency b. praise c. happy d. cry.
119. Who says
this statement, “the ruddy sunset set me thinking of the sunset of mankind”?
a. the
psychologist b. the medical man c. the
time traveller d. doctor.
120. What do
Morlocks eat?
a. vegetables b.
fruits c. flowers d. Eloi.
121. What kind
of creatures are the Morlocks?
a. Diurnal b. nocturnal c. insomniacs d. hibernators.
122. Who is known
as “the founder of Communism”?
a. Karl Marx b. Adam Smith c. Vladimir
Lenin d. Fredrick Engels.
123 .What animal
do the Morlocks resemble?
a. birds b. panthers c. spiders d. apes.
124. What is the name of the main character?
a. the time traveller b. the time bender
c. the time runner d. the time changer.
125. What
happened when the Eloi and Morlocks went to battle?
a. the main
character died b. Eloi won c. Morlocks won d. Weena died.
126. What does
the time traveller refers to when he says “wilderness of rotting paper”?
a. the portrait
gallery b. the forest exhibition c. the
library d. the museum bookshop.
127. What is the Palace of Green
Porcelain?
a. an old barn b. an old museum c. an
old laboratory
d. an old University
128.
The Time Traveller thinks that sleeping next to a _____is their best hope for
Protection.
a. cave
b. stream c. bush d. Fire
129. Who does the Time Traveller long to
murder?
a. Weena b. an Eloi c. The Editor and Journalist d. The Morlocks
130. Which of the following ecological
disasters does the Time Traveller inflict on the future?
a.
A forest fire b. interbreeding c. The
introduction of foreign diseases d. Desertification
131. Which character is described by the
following: “an argumentative person with red hair”?
a. Filby b.
The editor c. The provincial mayor d. The time traveller
132. Whose family was called as ‘Bertie’?
a. Filby b.
H.G.Wells c. the Medical man d. the
time traveller.
133. How many years did the Morlocks and Eloi live
in future?
a. 20,000 b. 40,000 c. 800,000
d. 400,000
134. The Time Machine is _____.
a. an allegory b. a hyperbole c. a
rhetoric d. a paradoxical.
135. What is the
name of the furry ape-like creatures that live in underground in the future?
a. Eloi b.
Glinna c. Morlocks d. Bobo.
136. Who is Filby?
a. a lawyer b. a
police man c. a doctor d. an argumentative
person.
137. What kind
of hair that Elois have?
a. straight b.
Bald c. uniformly curly d. short.
138. In what year may the time traveller go to in
the book?
a. 1984 b.
50,701 c. 802,701 d. 1967.
139. Who takes
the Time Machine?
a. Eloi b. Morlocks C. Filby d. Medical man
140. Who is the
narrator of the story “ The Time Machine”?
a. the time
traveller b. Filby c. Weena d. Mr.
Hillyer.
141. What is the
only memory of the time traveller?
a. A book b. his watch c. a journal d. two withered white flowers.
142. Who is a
man of science in The Time Machine?
a. the
Journalist b. The Provincial Mayor
c. The Editor d. Filby.
143. The Time Machine is a_______
a. imaginative
story b. Science Fiction c. horror
story d. happy ending.
144. Where did
the time traveller see Weena?
a. a river b. underworld c. dancing in the
hall d. singing in the festival.
145. How did the
time traveller know that he came to the present?
a. through the
time machine b. the newspaper c.
time d. friends.
146. The other
Fiction of H.G. Wells is _____
a. The
Invisible Man b. The Tale of Two
Cities c. The Duchess of Malfi d.
The Pilgrim’s Progress.
147. H.G. Wells
engages his self-portrait as _____
a.
Autobiography b. biography c. letter d. portrait
148. What is
meant by “Anachronism”?
a. rude b. short
account c. outdated d. passive.
149. What is
meant by “trammels” in The Time Machine?
a. difficult to
understand b. good idea c. public
transport d. substances.
150. What is
meant by “spasmodic” in The Time Machine?
a. happened suddenly b. casual c. joy d.
none.
