Steve Jobs--Section 3 Quiz Review

My observations since have only convinced me more firmly that human flight is possible and practicable. It is only a question of knowledge and skill just as in all acrobatic feats. Birds are the most perfectly trained gymnasts in the world and are specially well fitted for their work, and it may be that man will never equal them, but no one who has watched a bird chasing an insect or another bird can doubt the feats are performed which require three or four times the effort required in ordinary flight. I believe that simply flight at least is possible to man that that the experiments and investigations of a large number of independent workers will result in the accumulation of information and knowledge and skill which will finally lead to accomplished flight.

Which of the following statements best describes the message that Wright was trying to convey?

• Humans can someday recreate the same flight seen in nature with machines.

• Birds are perfect gymnasts and humans cannot ever hope to replicate their acrobatics.

• Birds have far more skill than humans, so it will be impossible to create a machine that flies.

• Humans must only use scientific knowledge to create a flying machine.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Read the excerpt below from Wilbur Wright's letter. Based on the excerpt, choose the character trait that BEST describes Wright.

“I have been interested in the problem of mechanical and human flights ever since as a boy I constructed a number of bats of various sizes after the story of Cayley’s and Penaud’s machines.”

• persistent

• careful

• driven

• systematic

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the excerpt below from Wilbur Wright's letter. Based on the excerpt, choose the character trait that BEST describes Wright.

“I have plans which I hope to find much in advance of the methods tried by previous experimenters.”

• persistent

• careful

• driven

• systematic

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the excerpt below from Wilbur Wright's letter. Based on the excerpt, choose the character trait that BEST describes Wright.

“I do not intend to take dangerous chances, both because I have no wish to get hurt and because a fall would stop by experimenting, which I would not like at all.”

• persistent

• careful

• driven

• systematic

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the excerpt below from Wilbur Wright's letter. Based on the excerpt, choose the character trait that BEST describes Wright.

“There is now no question of final success.”

• persistent

• careful

• driven

• systematic

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A failure of motor will then simply mean a slow descent and safe landing instead of a disastrous fall. In my experiments I do not expect to rise many feet from the ground, and in case I am upset there is nothing but soft sand to strike on. I do not intend to take dangerous chances, both because I have no wish to get hurt and because a fall would stop by experimenting, which I would not like at all.

What is the meaning of the word upset as it is used in the text?

• angry

• lost

• frustrated

• overturned

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Wilbur Wright to His Father (September 3, 1900):

I have my machine nearly finished. It is not to have a motor and is not expected to fly any true sense of the word. My idea is merely to experiment and practice with a view to solving the problem of equilibrium. I have plans which I hope to find much in advance of the methods tried by previous experimenters. When once a machine is under proper control under all conditions, the motor problem will be quickly solved. A failure of motor will then simply mean a slow descent and safe landing instead of a disastrous fall. In my experiments I do not expect to rise many feet from the ground, and in case I am upset there is nothing but soft sand to strike on. I do not intend to take dangerous chances, both because I have no wish to get hurt and because a fall would stop by experimenting, which I would not like at all. The man who wishes to keep at the problem long enough to really learn anything positively cannot take dangerous risks. Carelessness and overconfidence are usually more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks. I am constructing my machine to sustain about five times my weight and am testing every piece. I think there is no possible chance of its breaking while in the air. If it is broken it will be by awkward landing.

Based on this letter, which of the following claims accurately describe Wilbur Wright?

• Wright did not consider the dangers of creating a flying machine before starting his plan.

• Wright was cautious while testing in order to avoid problems that might end his experiments.

• Wright was a careless inventor who was willing to risk anything in order to fly.

• Wright was nervous about testing his flying machine and was afraid he would get hurt.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which piece of evidence from the text proves that Wilbur Wright was CAUTIOUS?

• “Carelessness and overconfidence are usually more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks.”

• Wright was a careless inventor who was willing to risk anything in order to fly.

• Wright did not consider the dangers of creating a flying machine before starting his plan.

• Wright was nervous about testing his flying machine and was afraid he would get hurt.

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CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1