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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who figured out the problem that made some flight of the glider go awry?
(a) Orville.
(b) Wilbur.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Dr Langley.

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

3. What did the Wright brothers do on sunny days at Kill Devil Hills?
(a) Flew the 1904 glider.
(b) Flew the 1906 glider.
(c) Flew the 1903 glider.
(d) Flew the 1902 glider.

4. What are the wings in a plane used for?
(a) Stabilize the flight.
(b) Support the pilot.
(c) Gain lift.
(d) Support the engine.

5. What did the Wright brothers decide to do about the data concerning flight?
(a) Only rely on older data.
(b) Only rely on the latest.
(c) Only rely on unprocessed data.
(d) To only rely on their own data.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers realize concerning the data they had in Chapter 5?

2. What were the two approaches to studying flight in the late 1800s?

3. What was the weight of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?

4. Who was Ivonette according to Chapter 2?

5. What was Wilbur's contribution to the Wright brothers' duo?

(see the answer key)

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