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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Tool.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Antoine feel like among the elements in the sky?
(a) A symbiotic addition.
(b) An element.
(c) An essential component.
(d) An intruder.

2. What causes the metal of a well-designed plane to disappear from notice?
(a) Easy movement.
(b) Perfect functioning.
(c) Simple features.
(d) Quiet engines.

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

4. According to Antoine, what is the key to a good plane design?
(a) Simplicity.
(b) Accessories.
(c) Aerodynamics.
(d) Quality components.

5. According to Antoine, who frees a plane design from its prison?
(a) Contractors.
(b) Engineers.
(c) God.
(d) Pilots.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Antoine say the clay of life is set?

2. What was the name of Antoine's flying partner the first time Antoine got lost?

3. What does Antoine definitively say Guillaumet was NOT?

4. Which of the following is NOT something that Antoine says that machines help people to do?

5. What did Guillaumet use for shelter while he was stranded?

(see the answer key)

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