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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The company specialized in which area?
(a) Sewing machines.
(b) Electrical accessories.
(c) Small engine parts.
(d) Patents.

2. From whom was Banneker able to borrow books on the subject?
(a) Priest.
(b) Parents.
(c) School teacher.
(d) Quakers.

3. What item came from Morgan's experiments?
(a) Wite Out.
(b) Hair straightener.
(c) Fabric Starch.
(d) Rubber cement.

4. Latimer received the patent for creating a manufacturing process for which item?
(a) Neon tubing.
(b) Halogen lights.
(c) Carbon filaments.
(d) Fluorescent lamps.

5. In 1881 Woods moved to which US city?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Boston.

6. What was the name of Latimer's partner?
(a) Nichols.
(b) Maxim.
(c) Bell.
(d) Anderson.

7. What was the grandmother's heritage?
(a) Indian.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

8. Woods' first patent was for which item?
(a) Furnace.
(b) Air brakes.
(c) Lubrication system.
(d) Lamp.

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

10. What subject began to interest Banneker about this time?
(a) Politics.
(b) Earth Science.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Geography.

11. Jan Earnst Matzeliger is most well known for revolutionizing which industry?
(a) Manufacture of clothing.
(b) Shoe.
(c) Small engine.
(d) Firearms.

12. In which state was George Latimer born?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Louisiana.

13. Garrett Morgan designed his most important invention to serve which profession?
(a) Police.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Firefighters.
(d) Professors.

14. What phrase was often used in regards to electrical engineering at the time?
(a) Study of arcs.
(b) Mystery of electricity.
(c) Science of lightning.
(d) The ohm factor.

15. What was the surname of the company's owner?
(a) Smith.
(b) Maxim.
(c) Andrews.
(d) Mason.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Edison invent the electric light?

2. What was the name of Latimer's wife?

3. What was Lewis Latimer's middle name?

4. Banneker's grandfather was born of royal blood from which country?

5. The husband and wife learned to grow which crop?

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