Great Inventors: Thomas Edison and the Lightbulb Video

When did Thomas Edison invent the household lightbulb?

• 1879

• 1875

• 1883

• 1885

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What purpose does the last paragraph of the passage serve?

• It shows that Thomas Edison was a leading inventor

• It shows that peoples' lives would be the same without the lightbulb or electricity

• It shows the perspective of a world without the lightbulb or electricity

• It shows how hard peoples' lives were without the light bulb

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Without electricity, it is most difficult to read at what time of day?

• at noontime

• around 3 o'clock in the afternoon

• at 8 a.m.

• at 10 p.m.

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Read the following sentences: "Before, people strained to read by candlelight. Now, they could read comfortably with adequate light." The word adequate means...?

• dark

• good

• bad

• bright

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The main idea of the passage is:

• Thomas Edison's invention of the lightbulb, electricity and how these inventions changed the way people lived

• That lightbulbs and electricity changed Thomas Edison and peoples' lives

• That peoples' activities were changed by the inventions of lightbulbs and electiricity

• That Thomas Edison and people were outdoors less because of the inventions of lightbulbs and electricity

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