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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. According to Antoine, what made Mermoz such a good pilot?
(a) His instinct with weather.
(b) His lack of fear.
(c) His ability to think outside the box.
(d) His bond with his craft.

2. For what was Antoine disciplined after getting lost for the first time?
(a) Flying too close to the tower.
(b) Losing communication with the tower.
(c) Injuring the plane.
(d) Being late to the destination.

3. At what was Mermoz an expert?
(a) Teaching emergency preparedness.
(b) Flying through uncharted territory.
(c) Making new types of plane engines.
(d) Identifying risks from miles away.

4. How does Antoine describe women in general?
(a) Bewildering.
(b) Beautiful and strange.
(c) Utterly tragic.
(d) Half divine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antoine say he felt like after his conversation with Guillaumet about the map?

2. What color was the sky on the day that Antoine saw the natural disaster?

3. What does Antoine say machines annihilate for humans?

4. What did people during Antoine's age say machines were doing to the human race?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What confused Antoine about people who visit Chile?

2. What does Antoine say about women when he landed in Punta Arenas?

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

4. Why does Antoine say society is heading towards the machine?

5. Why do some people think machines have caused the loss of important morals and values in society?

6. What does Antoine say is the true calling of a sculptor?

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

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

9. What does Antoine say is his favorite part of all the new machines in society?

10. On what does Antoine blame the decline in moral values?

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