DEPARTMENT
OF ENGLISH
BISHOP
HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 620
017
I B.A. English Semester II Course: Fiction
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.
