Worksheets"The Time Machine" H.G. Wells
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
“As I put on pace, night followed day like the flapping of a black wing.” (Wells 19) is an example of which literary device?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Indirect Characterizatin
d)
Imagery
2.
“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?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Indirect Characterization
d)
Imagery
3.
What does “controvert” mean in the sentence, “I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted.” (Wells 5)
a)
To accept the truth
b)
The ability to produce healthy offspring
c)
To deny the truth
d)
The last in a list
4.
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)
A horizontal motion
b)
A vertical motion
c)
A circular motion
d)
A diagonal motion
5.
What color is the rhododendron bush?
a)
Pink
b)
Orange
c)
Blue
d)
Purple
6.
Define “attenuated” in the sentence, “I was, so to speak, attenuated- was slipping like a vapor through the interstices of intervening substances!”
a)
Unnaturally thin
b)
Unnaturally large
c)
Unnaturally short
d)
Unnaturally tall
7.
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)
a)
Excessively intelligant
b)
Unusually pale
c)
Excessive confidence
d)
Ending quickly
8.
Where does the story in the first two chapters take place?
a)
Richmond, Surrey (England)
b)
Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
c)
Scarborough, North Yorkshire (England)
d)
Torquay (England)
9.
“...the jerking sun became a streak of fire…” (Wells 17) Is an example of which literary device?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Indirect characterization
10.
“‘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?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Indirect characterization
11.
“The grey downpour was swept aside and vanished like the trailing garments of a ghost.” (Wells 22) Is an example of which literary device?
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Imagery
d)
Indirect characterization
12.
“His glance flickered over our faces with a certain dull approval, and then went round the warm and comfortable room.” (Wells 12) Is an example of what type of imagery?
a)
Visual
b)
Auditory
c)
Kinesthetic
d)
Olfactory
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