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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Kitty Hawk's giant sand dunes known as?
(a) King Devil Hill.
(b) King Geaorge Hill.
(c) Kill of the Hill.
(d) Kill Devil Hill.

2. Who did Wilbur and Orville contact after their successful flight?
(a) Their father.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Their sister.
(d) Thir agent.

3. What was the wing span of the Wright brothers' largest glider after running their wing experiments?
(a) 22 feet.
(b) 42 feet.
(c) 32 feet.
(d) 62 feet.

4. Why did Icarus' wings fail?
(a) He flew too close to the sun.
(b) He tried to go to fast.
(c) He tried to take on too much weight.
(d) He tried to plung in the water.

5. What did the Wright brothers out-rival according to Root's article?
(a) The Arabian Nights fables.
(b) Moby Dick.
(c) Icarus.
(d) The Minotaur.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Wilbur born?

2. What would need to be done to solve the problem of the awry flights?

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

4. What did the Wright brothers start to devise a way to do at the end of Chapter 5?

5. How old was Bishop Wright when he died?

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