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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the two approaches to studying flight in the late 1800s?
(a) Models and flight using animals.
(b) Models and manned gliders.
(c) Mathematical models and manned gliders.
(d) Mathematical models and real models.

2. When did the Wrights' mother die?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1889.

3. How many full size gliders did Cayley build?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. Where was the plane built?
(a) In a car repair shop.
(b) In a bicycle shop.
(c) In a seamstress shop.
(d) In a boat shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did George Cayley live?

2. How long after Wilbur did Orville arrive in Kitty Hawk?

3. What was Orville's contribution to the Wright brothers' duo?

4. What are the wings in a plane used for?

5. How many years did Langley spend testing models before choosing a design?

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