The Time Machine
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The Time Machine
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H. G. Wells
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Epilogue
Themes
All Themes
Inequality and Social Class
Technology and Progress
Humans, Nature, and the Universe
Fear and Kindness
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
The Time Traveller
The Narrator
The Eloi
The Morlocks
Weena
Symbols
All Symbols
Light, Darkness, and Fire
Weena’s Flowers
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Ethos
Foil
Foreshadowing
Frame Story
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Logos
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Oxymorons
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What decision does the Time Traveller make as he and Weena leave the museum?
1 of 8
To sleep immediately outside the museum
To walk through the night and sleep by a fire for safety
To immediately retrieve his time machine
To avoid the thick wood due to a sense of doom
What is the symbolic significance of fire in the story?
2 of 8
It represents the inherent goodness of technology
It symbolizes danger and destruction in all contexts
It serves as a dual symbol for knowledge and a potential hazard
It is a symbol of the Time Traveller's superiority over other characters
What realization is the Time Traveller forced toward in this section?
3 of 8
That the distinction between good and evil is clear and straightforward
That the boundaries of safety and danger have deteriorated
That he will never have complete control over his surrounding environment
That human society cannot evolve to favor only the traits he values
What decision does the Time Traveller make after realizing he is lost and Weena has fainted?
4 of 8
He continues walking through the night
He decides to wait until morning
He immediately tries to find his way back to the museum
He confronts the Morlocks directly
As the Time Traveller desperately attempts to ward off the Molocks in the darkness of the woods, what becomes clear about fear in general?
5 of 8
Fear often leads to positive things like innovation
Fear often leads to violence and wrath
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
What causes the sudden lightness in the darkness that makes the Morlocks flee?
6 of 8
The arrival of daylight
A rescue team with torches
The Time Traveller lights a new fire
The Time Traveller's fire is raging through the forest
What does the Time Traveller's behavior towards the Morlocks when he's no longer in danger suggest about his nature?
7 of 8
That his humanity increases in the absence of fear
That he becomes less human and more violent in the absence of fear
That his actions are consistently violent regardless of fear
That he always believed fear was unnecessary for humanity
What does the Time Traveller conclude about Weena's fate?
8 of 8
That she has died in the fire
That she was captured by the Morlocks
That she is waiting for him at the Sphinx
That she has escaped safely on her own
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