H.G. Wells
Wells published The War of the Worlds in this year.
What is 1898?
The novel mainly takes place in and around this major city.
What is London?
The narrator’s job at the beginning of the novel.
What is a writer?
The Martians arrive in these objects from space.
What are cylinders?
The Martians’ deadly heat weapon.
What is the Heat-Ray?
This is the genre Wells is most known for writing.
What is science fiction?
The Martians first land near this town in Surrey.
What is Woking?
This character gives another perspective by escaping London during the chaos.
Who is the narrator’s brother?
The main fighting machines used by the Martians.
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
What are tripods?
The black smoke is used as this type of weapon.
What is poison gas?
This famous Wells novel involves time travel.
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
What is The Time Machine?
This type of time period the novel is set in reflects late 1800s Britain.
What is the Victorian era?
This character talks about rebuilding society underground but is somewhat unrealistic.
Who is the artilleryman?
The narrator hides for several days in this type of place near the Martians.
What is a ruined/collapsed house?
The Martians survive by feeding on humans using this method.
What is blood transfusion / feeding on blood?
Wells used his stories to comment on society, especially this system where powerful countries control weaker ones.
What is imperialism?
People panic and flee the city, showing the breakdown of this part of society.
What is social order?
This religious man loses control and risks exposing the narrator.
Who is the curate?
After the invasion, London is covered in this strange red plant.
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
What is the red weed?
The Martians eventually create machines that can do this in the air.
What is fly?
Wells was from this country, where the novel is also set.
What is England?
Wells flips the idea of this by making humans the ones being invaded instead of the invaders.
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY)
What is colonialism / imperialism?
The narrator is trying to reunite with this person throughout the story.
Who is his wife?
The story is told from this point of view, looking back on events.
What is first-person retrospective?
The Martians are defeated by these tiny living things on Earth.
What are bacteria / germs?