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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many basic requirements would a powered flying machine have based on the Wright's research?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

2. Who salvaged the Wrights brothers' kites?
(a) A fisherman.
(b) The store clerk.
(c) The town sheriff.
(d) The postmaster.

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

4. When was Wilbur born?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1870.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1867.

5. When did George Cayley build the first successful model gliders?
(a) 1807.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1804.

6. When did Langley try the full size version of his plane for the first time?
(a) October 12, 1903.
(b) October 7, 1903.
(c) October 17, 1903.
(d) October 27, 1903.

7. How many versions of a glider did Lilienthal build?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

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

9. How long after Wilbur did Orville arrive in Kitty Hawk?
(a) 15 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 11 days.
(d) 12 days.

10. How many years did Langley spend testing models before choosing a design?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

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

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

13. When did Lilienthal die?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1899.

14. Why did Orville drop out of high school?
(a) To start a printing business.
(b) To start a plane business.
(c) To start a bike business.
(d) To start a toy business.

15. How long did the flight witnessed by Amos Root last?
(a) 3 minutes, 36 seconds.
(b) 2 minutes, 36 seconds.
(c) 4 minutes, 36 seconds.
(d) 1 minute, 36 seconds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Icarus' father?

2. How old was Bishop Wright when he died?

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

4. What was Orville's temperament?

5. What did the Wright brothers use a tombstone for?

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