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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. Why did Icarus' wings fail?

2. How fast was the wind at Kitty Hawk?

3. When did the Wright brothers return to Kitty Hawk next?

4. What are the wings in a plane used for?

5. When did the Benedictine monk Eilmer live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Wilbur say the brothers did since childhood at the start of Chapter 2?

2. What did Root's piece claim the story he told out-rivaled?

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

4. What did Amos Root hear of according to Chapter 1?

5. How were the Wright brothers different?

6. Who was Dr. Samuel Pierpoint Langley?

7. What three basic requirements did the Wright brothers notice were necessary for a flying machine?

8. Who were Wilbur and Orville Wright?

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

10. What was the Wright Cycle Company?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the aircraft developed by the Wright brothers with that made today.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States War Department in financing the development of aircraft.

Essay Topic 3

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

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