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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Antoine compare a well designed plane?
(a) The balloon.
(b) The human body.
(c) A good helmet.
(d) A bird.

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

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

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

5. What attribute does Antoine say made him the most comfortable to fly with his team?
(a) Dependence.
(b) Unity.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Guillaumet stranded before he was found?

2. Because of machines, what can men dance to?

3. What mountains were visible when Antoine experienced his natural disaster?

4. According to Antoine, who frees a plane design from its prison?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Antoine feel about his housekeeper as a child?

2. How was Guillaumet found when he was stranded?

3. What were the worst moments of the typhoon for Antoine?

4. How did Joseph Conrad describe the storm in which he was caught?

5. What does Antoine say happens to people when they fly above the Earth?

6. What does Antoine say are the essential attributes of a well-designed plane?

7. Where did Antoine fly between when he first became a pilot?

8. What does Antoine say made his experience being lost noble?

9. How does Antoine describe Guillaumet's reaction to trials and obstacles?

10. What did Guillaumet say to Antoine in their first conversation together?

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