English Literature Final - Multiple Choice

The inventor of roller skates was from _____.

• England

• Japan

• Belgium

• France

The first operation using general anesthesia was performed using _____.

• newly invented drugs

• traditional ingredients

• sound and light

• instant noodles

Some of the first people to eat canned foods were _____.

• children

• soldiers

• manufacturers

• teachers

Mary Anderson was inspired to invent windshield wipers while she was _____.

• driving in a car

• watching a bus in the rain

• riding a streetcar

• flying in a plane

Gideon Sundback developed the modern zipper by _____.

• improving earlier inventions

• creating something entirely new

• stealing someone else's idea

• meditating on the Diamond Sutra

We have a new grocery store in the neighborhood.

Which noun is being modified by another noun?

• neighborhood

• grocery

• store

• we

What word means “exactly the same as something else”?

• invention

• patent

• idea

• identical

“A serious or dangerous situation” is a(n) _____.

• invention

• emergency

• device

• patent

A document that says you have the right to make or sell an invention is a(n) _____.

• invention

• emergency

• patent

• idea

An "idea" is _____.

• a thought or suggestion

• something new that is made for the first time

• a serious or dangerous situation

• a machine or other small object that does a special job