WorksheetsThe Time Machine Quiz AP Lit - A
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
Into what year does the Time Traveller estimate he has arrived?
800,000 C.E.
50,000 B.C.E.
300,000 B.C.E.
1 billion C.E.
He does not know the time
Where does the Time Traveller think the inhabitants of the land believe he came from?
underground where the Morlocks now live
the future through a wormhole instead of a time machine
from the sun in a thunderstorm
another dimension in space-time
What does the Time Traveller regard the new moon as his enemy?
A harbinger of doomed cosmic upheaval
A potential disruptor of the space-time continuum
The skies are darkest on new moon nights and Morlocks roam in the dark
A symbol of inevitable change and rebirth
What souvenir from the future world does the Time Traveller remove from his pocket to show his dinner guests?
A crystalline artifact of the Eloi
Two wilted flowers that Weena had given to him.
A fragment of alien minerals
A cultural relic of the Morlacks
What kind of meat does the Time Traveller finally deduce he saw on the table in the Morlocks' cavern?
Exotic megafauna from an unknown lost continent
Mutated bodies and grotesque creatures of the deep
A jumble of unsettling bones and joints akin to human remains
Synthetic and artificial meat that has been cloned in factory farm labs
What confuses the Time Traveller about the stars?
The constellations he knows are gone due to the stars shifting over time
The absence of clear night skies in the future due to light pollution
How the constellations do not actually look like what they symbolically represent
Their inexplicable brightness of millions of other suns
Why does the Time Traveller break a lever off one of the machines he discovers?
A desperate attempt to communicate with the Morlocks
A symbolic act of defiance in the face of injustice
As a misguided attempt at sabotage the Eloi
As a weapon against the Morlocks
What does the Time Traveller do that he later discovers to be an 'atrocious folly'?
Trusting the Morlocks to give him back the Time Machine
Lighting a fire to escape from the Morlocks
Disclosing his knowledge of the future with others
Ignoring Weena's warnings not to climb down the well into the Morlock's caverns
What do the Morlocks take from the Time Traveller's pocket?
the flowers Weena gave him
a pocket watch
the lever to the Time Machine
a box of matches
What does the Time Traveller notice about the Time Machine when he finds it?
It has been tampered with and sabotaged trapping him there
It is covered in dust and cobwebs from being lost for so long
It is oiled and cleaned thoroughly
It is a replica made of lesser quality materials
The Time Traveller prepares to put the levers back into the machine, what 'one little thing' does he realize he has overlooked?
The date on the time machine is wrong
The absence of Weena and he cannot go back without her
The match box is missing, hindering him from staving off the Morlocks with fire
The condition of the time crystals has corroded due to exposure
How does the Time Traveller finally escape the Morlocks?
Using a hidden passage under the Sphinx
Manipulating the Morlocks' fear of light
By distracting them with advanced tech
By fighting them off and disappearing into time
When the Time Traveller stops again, after escaping the Morlocks, what is the earth like?
Dark on one side due to the earth no longer turning on its axis
Cold and covered in snow and ice crystals
An inferno of erupting volcanos and solar flares
Overgrown with thick and fecund flora
The Time Traveller stops on a beach. What type of creatures surround the Time Machine?
Furry flying fish with opposable thumbs
Slime covered giant crabs
Pink landbound birds with teeth
Rainbow unicorns and flying pegasuses
What does the Time Traveller find that confirms he has arrived back in time on the correct date?
the tea he had made before he left was still hot
a copy of the Time Machine on the table
the housemaid showing up for her shift right on time
a copy of the Pall Mall Gazette on the table
