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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the monk, Eilmer, blame his crash on?
(a) Not having waited for good wind.
(b) Not having a tail.
(c) Not using feather
(d) Not having used wax.

2. What did the Wright brothers do on rainy days at Kill Devil Hills?
(a) Applied for a patent.
(b) Assembled the motorized plane.
(c) Calculated fligt parameters.
(d) Designed a new airplane.

3. What was Lilienthal referred to as according to Chapter 3?
(a) The bird man.
(b) The flying man.
(c) The bat man.
(d) The flying german.

4. What were Kitty Hawk's giant sand dunes known as?
(a) King Geaorge Hill.
(b) Kill of the Hill.
(c) Kill Devil Hill.
(d) King Devil Hill.

5. When did Wilbur arrive in Kitty Hawk?
(a) September 3, 1900.
(b) September 30, 1900.
(c) September 13, 1900.
(d) September 23, 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Lilienthal glider look like?

2. How much did the Smithsonian institution give Langley to continue his work on planes?

3. Where is Kitty Hawk located?

4. When was Wilbur born?

5. What happened during the first test flight of the new plane?

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