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Check Quiz over Chapters I-III of The Time Machine

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1) The Time Traveller has an interesting idea about the geometry of time that he explains to his friends. What, basically, is his explanation of why one should be able to travel in time?

 

 

 

2) How does the Time Traveller first attempt to demonstrate that his theories of time travel are valid to his friends?

 

 

 

3) How do the Time Traveller's friends respond to his theories and to his announcement that he plans on attempting time travel?

 

 

 

4) The next time the narrator sees the Time Traveller is at a second dinner engagement. What is surprising about the Time Traveller's appearance?

 

 

 

5) How does H.G. Wells build suspense in this chapter after the Time Traveller announces that he has traveled in time?

 

 

 

6) What is the Time Traveller most interested in when he first returns to his house?

 

 

 

7) How does the Time Traveller describe the sensation of traveling through time? Does he find it pleasant or unpleasant?

 

 

 

8) What does the Time Traveller most fear might happen when he brings his machine to a stop?

 

 

 

9) What does the Time Traveller see when he stops his machine? (Lots of ways to answer this)

 

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