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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Icarus' father?
(a) Perdix.
(b) Lapyx.
(c) Tales.
(d) Daedalus.

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

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

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

5. What did the Wright brothers use a tombstone for?
(a) The brakes of his bike.
(b) His assembly table.
(c) The bed of a printing machine.
(d) A utility grinding tool.

6. How did the pilot steer the plane?
(a) Laying down on the upper wing.
(b) Sitting on the upper wing.
(c) Face down on the lower wing.
(d) Sitting on the lower wing.

7. What education did the Wright brothers have?
(a) They were home schooled.
(b) College.
(c) Never went to school.
(d) Never finished high school.

8. What was the name of the Wrights' sister?
(a) Juliette.
(b) Andrea.
(c) Korina.
(d) Katherine.

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

10. When was Amos Root's article published?
(a) January 10, 1905.
(b) January 1, 1905.
(c) January 11, 1905.
(d) January 12, 1905.

11. What was Samuel Langley the head of?
(a) The U.S. travel department.
(b) The US War Department.
(c) The U.S. Post Office.
(d) The Smithsonian Insitution.

12. How long did the press say it would take for men to fly?
(a) 2 to 10 million years.
(b) 1 to 10 million years.
(c) 5 to 10 million years.
(d) 10 million years.

13. How many siblings did the Wright brothers have?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

14. When was the first bridge across the Missouri built?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1867.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the Wrights' glider sent to Kitty Hawk?

2. What were Icarus' wings made of?

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

4. When was Wilbur born?

5. When did the Benedictine monk Eilmer live?

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