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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Wright brothers have in common in adulthood?

2. Where was Wilbur born?

3. What was the name of the Wrights' sister?

4. When did Langley try the full size version of his plane for the first time?

5. How many versions of a glider did Lilienthal build?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Dr. Samuel Pierpoint Langley?

2. What were the brothers prepared to do?

3. Where was Wilbur Wright when Root arrived?

4. What did Otto Lilienthal pioneer according to Chapter 3?

5. Who was Eilmer?

6. How were the Wright brothers different?

7. Why was Root proud?

8. What did Root do upon returning to Medina, Ohio?

9. What did Leonardo da Vinci give thought to?

10. Who were Wilbur and Orville Wright?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationship that the Wright brothers had with the United States War Department.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of information gathered from the United States Weather Bureau.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role that Octave Chanute had in the success of the Wright brothers.

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