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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Elements.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How should a pilot be able to use a well-designed plane?
(a) Like a bit of his own thought process.
(b) Like a powerful tool.
(c) Like a thin rapier.
(d) Like an extension of his body.

3. According to Antoine, what is an artist's true job?
(a) Express his inner desires.
(b) Show the hand of God.
(c) Release the part within the block of marble.
(d) Be as concise as possible.

4. What caused Antoine to want to stop fighting against the natural disaster?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Fear.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Respect.

5. How did one of Antoine's friends die while in the Sahara?
(a) His plane crashed.
(b) He died of thirst.
(c) A tribe killed him.
(d) A scorpion bit him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Antoine use repeatedly to describe a well-designed plane?

2. What will groundbreaking machines fade into with time?

3. What caused Antoine to become lost for the first time?

4. To what kind of people does Antoine compare engineers?

5. What kind of storm does Antoine say he prefers to face?

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