NS 310 Science and Science Fiction Spring 2006

SAMPLE QUIZ

Name____________________________

War of the Worlds

(1) Where do the alien invaders come from?

Mars

(2) Name one of the advanced technological weapons the alien invaders use.

Heat-rays; black steam

(3) How is the alien invasion ultimately thwarted?

Earth bacteria kill the Martians.

(4) In what country does the action of the novel take place?

England.

(5) In what kind of device do the invaders travel around the countryside?

Tripods.

(6) How do the invaders get their nutrition?

They inject (human) blood directly into their veins.