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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. How many wing models did the Wright brothers test?

2. What would need to be done to solve the problem of the awry flights?

3. What did the Wright brothers realize concerning the data they had in Chapter 5?

4. How many times was Wilbur able to circle the Huffman prairie on November 9th?

5. What did the plane motor have to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the dimensions on the largest glider?

2. What problems did the brothers encounter?

3. Why did the U.S. War Department turn the Wrights down?

4. What did Orville figure out while lying in bed one night?

5. What did Wilbur and Orville send a telegram about to their father?

6. What did the Wright brothers write at the start of Chapter 7?

7. What did the brothers continue to do?

8. What did Wilbur write to manufacturers about?

9. What did the Wright Brothers know about a motor in Chapter 6?

10. What did Wilbur and Orville decide to build themselves?

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

Compare Lilienthal's aircraft with that of the Wright brothers and compare their background and other information.

Essay Topic 3

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

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