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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What does Antoine say a plane makes the desolate become?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Unintimidating.
(c) Known.
(d) Passable.

4. What does Antoine say he felt like after his conversation with Guillaumet about the map?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) A cartographer.
(c) An immortal.
(d) An expert.

5. What mountains were visible when Antoine experienced his natural disaster?
(a) Appalachians.
(b) Andes.
(c) Alps.
(d) Rockies.

6. To what does Antoine compare people who hate machines?
(a) Fear mongerers.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Mongrels.
(d) Ingrates.

7. To what did Antoine's flying partner pray for guidance?
(a) The Sun.
(b) The Moon.
(c) The Stars.
(d) The Earth.

8. What was Guillaumet's occupation?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Instructor.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Navigator.

9. What kind of storm does Antoine say he prefers to face?
(a) One he can predict.
(b) One he can hide from.
(c) One he can avoid.
(d) One he can see.

10. How does Antoine describe the lives of men who did not fly planes?
(a) Repetitive.
(b) Safe.
(c) Dull.
(d) Measured.

11. 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 call of a wolf guiding him.
(d) The thought of his family.

12. Of what does Antoine say the men in bureaucratic positions were victims?
(a) Their own limitations.
(b) The system.
(c) Their expectations.
(d) The necessities of life.

13. What word does Antoine use repeatedly to describe a well-designed plane?
(a) Royal.
(b) Essential.
(c) Smart.
(d) Awesome.

14. What does Antoine think the strange rocks are that he found in the place he thinks no other human had been?
(a) A new and strange gem.
(b) Ancient ruins.
(c) Meteorites.
(d) Lava flows.

15. What does Antoine describe at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A typhoon.
(d) A volcano.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what was Mermoz an expert?

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

3. According to Antoine, what are all humans on the earth?

4. What did Mermoz teach Antoine to do?

5. How should a pilot be able to use a well-designed plane?

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