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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Tool.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did people during Antoine's age say machines were doing to the human race?
(a) Creating chaos.
(b) Lowering values.
(c) Leveling the playing field.
(d) Spreading idleness.

2. What motivated Guillaumet to keep moving when he was stranded and alone?
(a) The information he was to deliver.
(b) His own pride.
(c) The thought of his family.
(d) The call of a wolf guiding him.

3. What did Antoine sometimes forget while he was flying?
(a) That he was in a machine.
(b) That he had a specific objective.
(c) That he was part of a team.
(d) That he was in the air.

4. How many days did Guillaumet walk without sleeping while stranded ?
(a) Six days.
(b) Five days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Four days.

5. What will groundbreaking machines fade into with time?
(a) The past.
(b) History.
(c) Normalcy.
(d) Lack of notice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did one of Antoine's friends die while in the Sahara?

2. To what does Antoine compare his brotherhood of pilots?

3. Who was with Mermoz when he was stranded on the cliff?

4. What was Antoine supposed to transport in his plane?

5. According to Antoine, what is the key to a good plane design?

(see the answer key)

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