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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Rillieux's father do for a living?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Bible salesman.

2. Banneker chastised the man for which of the following?
(a) Declining the presidency.
(b) Owning slaves.
(c) Taking too long to declare war.
(d) Ignoring all other correspondence.

3. Which activity began to take up Banneker's free time?
(a) Analyzing time pieces.
(b) Breaking horses.
(c) Learning to speak French.
(d) Tooling leather.

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

5. What type of company was opened by Woods?
(a) Shoe manufacturer.
(b) Physics lab.
(c) Electric.
(d) Newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what major city was Rillieux sent to get an education?

2. How many patents were held by McCoy?

3. What was McCoy's position within the company?

4. Banneker was determined to create/build which item?

5. In what year did McCoy obtain his first patent?

(see the answer key)

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