Department of English
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
I BA English - Fiction - I - The Time Machine
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions
Unit III: Time Machine by H.G. Wells
101. 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 the year?
a. 1895 b. 1905 c. 1915 d. 1925.
105. In this novel, 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.
fruit.
110. The Time Machine symbolises……………..
a. space b. science and reason c. invention
d. future.
111. “Communism said
I to myself” whose statement is this?
a.
the time traveller b. medical man c. psychologist d. weena.
112. The Morlocks
represents as ……………
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 a introvert in the novel “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 …. And…..
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. Friedrich Engels.
123 .What animal do the Morlocks resemble?
a.
birds b. panthers c. gorillas 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. Elois 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. doctor
d. argumentative person.
137. What kind of hair that Elois have?
a. straight b. Bald c. uniformly curly d. short.
138. In what year
does the time traveller go to in the book?
a. 1984 b.
50,000 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 saw Weena?
a. a
river b. underworld c. dancing in the hall d. singing in the festival.
145. How 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 engaging 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?
a. difficult to understand b. good idea
c. public transport d. substances.
150. What is meant by spasmodic?
a. happened
suddenly b. casual c. joy d. none.
