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. 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. 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.
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