The Time Machine

“As I put on pace, night followed day like the flapping of a black wing.” (Wells 19) is an example of which literary device?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Indirect Characterizatin
• Imagery

“Then he turned to the two others who were following him and spoke to them in a strange and very sweet liquid tongue.” (Wells 23) is an example of which literary device?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Indirect Characterization
• Imagery

What does “controvert” mean in the sentence, “I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted.” (Wells 5)

• To accept the truth
• The ability to produce healthy offspring
• To deny the truth
• The last in a list

What does “eddying” mean in the sentence, “An eddying murmur filled my ears, and a strange, dumb confusedness descended on my mind.” (Wells 18)

• A horizontal motion
• A vertical motion
• A circular motion
• A diagonal motion

What color is the rhododendron bush?

• Pink
• Orange
• Blue
• Purple

Define “attenuated” in the sentence, “I was, so to speak, attenuated- was slipping like a vapor through the interstices of intervening substances!”

• Unnaturally thin
• Unnaturally large
• Unnaturally short
• Unnaturally tall

Define “temerity” in the sentence, “‘I looked up again at the crouching white shape, and the full temerity of my voyage came suddenly upon me.’” (Wells 18)

• Excessively intelligant
• Unusually pale
• Excessive confidence
• Ending quickly

Where does the story in the first two chapters take place?

• Richmond, Surrey (England)
• Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
• Scarborough, North Yorkshire (England)
• Torquay (England)

“...the jerking sun became a streak of fire…” (Wells 17) Is an example of which literary device?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Indirect characterization

“‘I say,’ said the Editor hilariously, ‘these chaps here say you have been travelling into the middle of next week! Tell us all about little Rosebery, will you? What will it take for the lot?’” (Wells 16) Is an example of which literary device?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Indirect characterization