What, according to the narrator in the Epilogue, is likely to cause the downfall of humanity?
Technological advances
In chapter 6, what frightens the Time Traveler badly enough to make him flee the underground lair of the Morlocks?
He smells fear.
At a dinner party in Chapter 2, why does the Time Traveller say, "What a treat it is to stick a fork in meat again!"?
There is no meat in the future when he travels to the year 802,701.
Who does the Time Traveller save from drowning?
Weena
In chapter 8, what does the Time Traveler refer to when he says "wilderness of rotting paper"?
The library
What (not Who) does Weena tell the Time Traveller that the Eloi are afraid of?
The dark
What is the white marble statue on a bronze pedestal that the Time Traveller sees upon arriving in the year 802,701?
A sphinx (with wings)
What, at the end of the chapter about the forest fire, is described as an "overwhelming calamity"?
The destruction of the Morlocks.
Complete the Time Traveller’s theory: The safer life is, the less _____________ you need.
Strength
Name 2 of the characters present at the dinner party at the beginning of the book.
Time Traveller, Psychologist, Medical Man, Provincial Mayor, Very Young Man, Filby
When the Time Traveler and Weena are seeking refuge in the Palace of Green Porcelain, what is remarkable about the statue of the faun they find on their way?
It lacks a head.
In the farthest future to which the Time Traveler travels, what color is the one evidence of animal life he sees?
white
In the forest in Chapter 7, who does Wells describe as the "dainty ones"?
The Eloi
In Chapter 1, the Time Traveller makes this disappear to prove time travel is possible.
His model time machine
What kind of building is the Palace of Green Porcelain the ruins of?
A museum
Name the people who live above ground and below ground in the year 802, 701.
Above-Eloi; Below-Morlocks
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