Colegio Metropolitano

English – Literature
Third Course – Ambar, Bronze, Onyx
August 16, 2023
Name: Daniela ___________________
Méndez Date: _______________

Comprehension Check: Chapters 1- 2

Directions: Use the following questions to help guide your reading and understanding of
Chapters 1-2. As you read the novel, answer the questions using complete sentences.

CHAPTERS 1 AND 2

1. Where, specifically, is the first chapter of this story set? Be as exact as you can.
The set of the first chapter of the book, is the dinner
party in the Time Traveler’s house.

2. According to the Time Traveller, what is the Fourth Dimension?

3. According to the Medical Man, how is the Fourth Dimension different from the other three?
The difference is that you can’t travel in time the way
you travel in the other 3 dimensions.
4. Which character is an argumentative redhead?
Filby

5. How large was the first Time Machine?

6. What happened to the first Time Machine?

7. Which character, besides the Time Traveller, is late for dinner?

8. How do the other characters know that the Time Traveller has been detained?
He left a note on the table, to let them know to start dinner even
though he is not there.
9. What kind of food does the Time Traveller crave?
Meat

10. What is one condition the Time Traveller sets before telling his story?
The condition is no interruptions

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Many words in the novel are key to understanding the novel. Before each chapter, write the
definitions and use them in a sentence.

CHAPTERS 1 AND 2

1. expounding (1):
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To present or explain, in the novel this word is used to tell how the Time
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Traveller presents the matters that are important.

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2. recondite (1):
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The meaning is little know, or abstruse. In the novel is used
to explain how strange or weird the matter their are talking
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about is.

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3. paradox (1):
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One such as a person, having seemingly contradictory qualities or phrases. In the book is
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the situation they where staring.

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4. fecundity (1):
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The ability to create new ideas. Is used to how the new paradox was very complete and new.
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5. misconception (1):
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A view or opinion that incorrect because is based on faulty of thinking or
understanding. Is used to say how ideas like geometry have to be corrected or are
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wrong.

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6. pensive (2):
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Engaged in a deep or serious thought. Used to say how
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Filby became so deep in the idea.

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7. provincial (3):
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One living on a province or coming form it. Tells form
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where the mayor comes form.

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8. introspective (3):
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Characterization by examinations one’s thoughts or
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expressions. Is used to express how the mayor analyzed the
situation.
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9. transitory (3):
A brief duration, is used to tell how the Mayor talked.
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10.anachronism (6):
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11.impartiality (10):
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A thing inappropriate for a period or situation,
it is used when the Medical Men said how their
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ancestors react.

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12.threshold (10):
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A piece of wood, metal, etc..is used to tell what is below the threshold.

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13.ingenious (13):
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Clever or original person, used to discuten the Time Traveler.
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14.mutton (15):
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A flesh of sheep, the food they where eating and wanted to eat.
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15.cadger (15):
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Someone who tries to get something free, used to say the technique to get something and
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that they where using.

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16.Nebuchadnezzar (15):
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A bottle of wine, the actitude they had or the phase they where in.
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17.caricature (16):
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Make an exaggerated representation of something, used to say how the Time
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Traveler reacted.

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18.verbatim (16):
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Copied in the exact same words, what they where going to
day with exact same words.
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19.anecdotes (17):
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An personal experience, used to tell the story Filbi had
to tell.
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20.convulsively (17):
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To do it in a jerky way, used to express how the Silent Man was watching the
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Time Traveler

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