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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Wrights' mother die?

2. What was the profession of the Wright's brothers' father?

3. What did the Wright brothers use a tombstone for?

4. When was Amos Root's article published?

5. Where did George Cayley live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Wilbur request from the Smithsonian Institute according to Chapter 4?

2. What did Otto Lilienthal pioneer according to Chapter 3?

3. What did Wilbur say the brothers did since childhood at the start of Chapter 2?

4. Why was Root proud?

5. Who were Wilbur and Orville Wright?

6. What did Root do upon returning to Medina, Ohio?

7. How were the Wright brothers different?

8. What was the Wright Cycle Company?

9. What were the brothers prepared to do?

10. What was the difference between the Wright brother's glider and that of Chanute and Lilienthal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the basic requirements that airplanes needed to have based on the Wright brothers' research.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact that aviation had on warfare.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role that observation and research played in the development of the Wright brothers' aircraft.

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