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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. In what year was Benjamin Banneker born?
(a) 1717.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1731.
(d) 1742.

2. What was the name of Latimer's partner?
(a) Bell.
(b) Maxim.
(c) Nichols.
(d) Anderson.

3. Which famous person stepped forward to help Latimer with his legal troubles?
(a) Garrison.
(b) King.
(c) Darrow.
(d) Lincoln.

4. What was the former residence of the grandmother?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Britain.
(c) India.
(d) Sweden.

5. How old was Banneker in 1772?
(a) 37.
(b) 41.
(c) 29.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which inventor was most often compared to Thomas Edison?

2. Rillieux became interested in the process of refining which of the following?

3. Who operated the company?

4. What did Rillieux's father do for a living?

5. Where was Elijah McCoy born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems did McCoy notice on his job as a railroad fireman? What were McCoy's thoughts on the process? What did McCoy do to remedy the situation?

2. What were McCoy's natural gifts? What prevented McCoy from working in his chosen field when he returned to the US?

3. What life changing event occurred in Banneker's pre-teen years?

4. Norbert Rillieux was born to a wealthy French inventor. What invention did the father create? How did the father's education affect Norbert? Why was the decision made?

5. Rillieux became interested in what process? What process was in place when Rillieux began? How did Rillieux's invention help the industry?

6. What gift was given to Banneker? What about the gift fascinated Banneker to the point of near obsession?

7. List at least five of Woods' inventions.

8. What was the purpose of the telephone patents? Why were the inventions important? What industry eventually adopted the system?

9. Explain the heritage and early years of Jan Earnst Matzeliger. Where did the family originate? At what age did Matzeliger come to the US?

10. The text claims that Banneker was born of unusual stock. What does that mean?

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