VOCABULARY
Incorrect interpretation
What is misconception?
The main character. He is not given a real name.
Who is the Time Traveler?
Who is the author of the Time Machine?
HG Wells
Time Machine disappeared
The person floating down the river who the Time Traveler saved.
Who is Weena?
Thoughtful; reflective
What is pensive?
The young female the Time Traveler befriends.
Who is Weena?
What is the year the Time Machine was written?
1895
Describe the Elois in three distinct ways (all three must be correct!)
short, curly hair, child-like, lazy, vegetarian, wearing nice clothes
What does the Time Traveler use to fend off the Morlocks?
matches
an exaggerated, mocking imitation of someone
What is caricature?
The group of small, human like creatures the Time Traveler meets.
Who are the Eloi?
The two new characters introduced in chapter 2
Editor and Journalist
Why could the Time Traveler not communicate with the Eloi?
How did the Eloi react when the Time Traveler gestured that he wanted help opening the pedestal?
They went away looking insulted and disgusted.
Expressed clearly; easy to understand
What is lucid?
The ape like creatures that live under ground.
Who are the Murlocks?
Why does the Medical Man believe that time SHOULD NOT be considered the 4th dimension?
We cannot move freely in time as we can in space.
What did the Time Travel try to do as he was eating with Eloi for the first time?
Learn their language
After realizing his time machine was gone, why did the Time Traveler find this situation to be ironic?
What is because he spent so many years wanting to travel to the future and now he wanted nothing more than to go back.
Something out of place in time; such as a calculator in the age of cave men
What is anachronism?
The group of people the Time Traveler invited to his party to share the Time Machine with
Who are his friends?
In chapter 1, what does the narrator say to the other dinner guests regarding the Time Traveler's theory?
Nothing! The narrator never adds to the conversation.
How did Eloi respond/react to Time Traveler when he made continuous efforts to try and learn their language?
They became bored/lazy and wandered off to do other things.