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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was called upon to recreate the plans after they were taken out of the country?
(a) Adams.
(b) Banneker.
(c) Revere.
(d) Ellicot.

2. The text claims that the charges were:
(a) Excessive.
(b) False.
(c) True.
(d) Deliberate.

3. Which inventor was most often compared to Thomas Edison?
(a) Morgan.
(b) Woods.
(c) McCoy.
(d) Latimer.

4. In what year was Benjamin Banneker born?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1717.
(c) 1731.
(d) 1742.

5. What was Latimer's position in the company?
(a) Draftsman.
(b) Mechanical engineer.
(c) Consultant.
(d) Surveyor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Banneker spent a great deal of his day performing which activity?

2. In 1881 Woods moved to which US city?

3. What was the grandmother's heritage?

4. What was the name of Matzeliger's company?

5. To which important founding father did Banneker write?

(see the answer key)

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