1.4 The Boy Who Invented TV comprehension

Which two inventions interested young Philo?

• telephone and television
• phonograph and telephone
• electric generator and radio
• electric generator and phonograph

How was Idaho different from Utah?

• There were trains
• There was electricity
• There were televisions
• There was running water

What did Philo see while plowing fields that helped him invent the television?

• view of the open country
• light reflected off the field
• parallel lines in the field
• overturned earth

Philo thought the best thing about television was that it would

• make him famous
• establish word peace
• allow people to see one another
• permit people to share the same stories

All of the following tell how Philo learned EXCEPT

• he graduated from college
• he asked a lot of questions
• he read a lot of magazines
• he tinkered with all kinds of machines