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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. Who was piloting the flying machine Amos Root came to see in Chapter 1?

2. What were Icarus' wings made of?

3. What was Samuel Langley the head of?

4. Where was Orville born?

5. How old was Bishop Wright when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the difference between the Wright brother's glider and that of Chanute and Lilienthal?

2. What did Bishop Wright say about his sons regarding who contributed the most to the business?

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

4. What did the brothers always have a knack for?

5. Who was Icarus?

6. What were the brothers prepared to do?

7. Who was Dr. Samuel Pierpoint Langley?

8. What happened to Lilienthal in 1896?

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

10. What did Wilbur need to know to find good test locations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of patent infringement and why the Wright brothers were concerned with rivals.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact that Wilbur Wright's death had on Orville Wright and examine his life after his brother's passing.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the influence that media had on the development of aviation and how it was both beneficial and detriment

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