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Quiz by Maria Soto, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Maria Soto
about 3 years ago
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Question 1
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According to physicist Lord Kelvin as cited in "To Fly," a chapter from "Space Chronicles", why whould human flight be impossible?
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Humans would not be able to breathe at altitudes necessary for flight.
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Powerful air currents would cause any flying vehicle to crash.
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It is impossible to design artificial wings.
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Things heavier than air cannot fly.
Question 2
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In "Fly", how does the author respond to Kelvin´s assertion about flight?
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He suggests that technological ingenuity can solve all problems.
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He points out thet birds are heavier than air, yet they fly.
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He reminds the reader that Kelvin was not an inventor.
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He reveals plans for a self-propelled airplane.
Question 3
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According to the author of "To Fly", what is the greatest achievement in flight so far?
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Icarus' flight
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The Write Brother's aeroplane
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the breaking of the sound barrier
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the Apollo 11 lunar landing
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the launch of Voyager 2
Question 4
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If a vacation has "foresight", which of the following is most likely to be true?
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She chooses the passport photo that makes her look happiest,.
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She packs clothing for all potential changes in the weather.
Question 5
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Read the following passage from "To Fly":
For Millennia, the idea of being able to fly occupied human dreams and fantasies. Waddling around on Earth's surface as majestic birds flew overhead, perhaps we developed a form of wing envy. One might even call it wing worship.
The author says that humans want the powers that they observe in other creatures.
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- True
- False
Question 6
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Which fact about an author best illustrates the meaning of prescient?
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David Copperfield, published in 1850, is the most autobiographical of Charles Dicken's books.
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In "The Sleeper Awakes," written in 1899, H:G: Wells describes aerial warfare before it was invented!
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