Worksheetsfrom The Invention of Everything Else
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 34mins
According to the excerpt from The Invention of Everything Else, how has Nikola Tesla's life changed over the years?
He used to work as a waiter in a fancy restaurant, but now he is unemployed.
He used to talk to storms, but since he has grown up he realizes that storms cannot talk.
He used to experiment with dust, but now he raises pigeons in his New York City apartment.
He used to be well-to-do and had many famous visitors, but now he is poor and no one visits him.
According to the excerpt from The Invention of Everything Else, how does Tesla spend his days now? Choose two options.
He eats rich food from fine restaurants with old friends.
He travels back and forth to his childhood home in Serbia.
He invents ways to use insects to create inexpensive power.
He takes in injured pigeons.
He thinks about his feelings toward Marconi and Marconi's reputation.
According to the excerpt from The Invention of Everything Else, why is Nikola Tesla standing on the ledge outside his apartment?
He is taking a break from working in the laboratory he built in his room.
He is trying to get the best possible view of the beautiful sunset.
He is looking at the birds and trying to find one specific pigeon.
He is trying to detect radio waves in the environment.
According to the excerpt from The Invention of Everything Else, what did Marconi accomplish?
Marconi sent a message across the sea, without using wires.
Marconi trained pigeons, so they would deliver messages across vast distances.
Marconi created insect energy that would provide the world with cheap power.
Marconi provided power to New York City through lines hidden underground.
What is the most likely meaning of deficiencies in the following sentence? The electrical stations' deficiencies resulted in power outages all summer long.
failings
locations
dimensions
achievements
If Marconi revolutionized the wireless transmission of messages, which of the following must be true? Base your answer on the meaning of revolutionized.
He sparked a political uprising.
He linked people across the ocean.
He preserved the way people spoke.
He greatly improved communication.
Which of the following situations could best be used to illustrate the meaning of triumph?
Tesla thought about how his childhood home in Yugoslavia had been destroyed and how everyone he knew was gone.
Tesla lived alone in New York City, obsessed with anger at the loss of his patents, inventions, and recognition.
Marconi won the Novel Prize in Physics for his contribution to the development of wireless telegraphy.
Marconi had a childhood interest in science and conducted experiments with radio waves.
According to the excerpt from The Invention of Everything Else, Tesla is seeking a specific pigeon that is very important to him. Which statement from the text best supports this fact?
She is pale gray with white-tipped wings, and into her ear I have whispered all my doubts.
I tell the birds who are perched beside me on the ledge. "I don't have magnetite in my head."
When I was a child I had a tiny laboratory that I'd constructed in an alcove of trees.
Marconi surrounded himself with fame, strutting as if he owned the invisible waves circling the globe.
In the excerpt from The Invention of Everything Else, what is implied by this question? If they are your patents, Niko, why did Marconi...get a letter across the ocean before you?
Marconi is a more brilliant inventor than Tesla, and Tesla has an inflated idea of his own worth
Tesla was working on the wrong part of the experiment, as he should have concentrated on radio.
Tesla does not understand how he got cheated out of the fame and fortune he believes he deserves.
Patent law has to be strengthened and enforced more rigorously so that people are not cheated as Tesla was.
According to the excerpt from The Invention of Everything Else, Vuk destroyed the device that Tesla invented at the age of seven because he was an ignorant, nasty boy who was jealous of Tesla's brilliance.
His envy was thick; I could nearly touch it...Vuk twisted his face up to a cruel squint.
He kept his eyes focused on the glass jar that was still quite full of my power source.
With my lecture finished, he nodded and approached the jar.
Vuk sank his hand, his filthy fingernails, down into the mass of our great future and withdrew a fistful of beetles.
Early in the excerpt from The Invention of Everything Else, Tesla describes his hotel room. The description includes the following: "the last rays of sunlight, pale blades that have cut their way past my closed curtains." What type of figurative language is used?
hyperbole, an exaggeration to create a specific literary effect
simile, a comparison of two unlike things using the word like or as
personification, a comparison in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
metaphor, a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other
What type of figurative language is used in this passage? I nailed tin candle sconces to the trunks so that I could work into the night while the candles' glow crept up the orange bark...
simile, a comparison of two unlike things using the word like or as
irony in which the events do not turn out as readers expected them to
metaphor, a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other
personification, a comparison in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
"Humanity will be like an antheap stirred up with a stick. See the excitement coming!" The excitement, apparently, already came and went. What type of figurative language does Hunt use in the quotation within this passage?
simile
metaphor
denotation
personification
The words underlined in each of the following sentences have similar denotations but different connotations. Which word has the most negative connotation?
The man looked both ways before crossing the street.
The woman glared at her alarm clock, upset that it was already time to get up.
The movie critic viewed the feature film before writing his negative review.
The student glanced one last time at her notes before going into the classroom for the math test.
Read the following sentence with the word astonished, which means "surprised." The surprise party astonished Melody, who had not expected it. Which of the following words, if used in place of astonished in the sentence has the most positive connotation.
astounded
shocked
stunned
dazed
Which of these underlined adjectives is in the positive form?
The cheetah is the fastest land animal, with a record speed of 60-75 miles per hour.
Harriet did a good job repairing the sink, thus saving her family quite a lot of money
Luke is much taller than his brother Richard, although Luke is three years younger.
This restaurant is the best in town, celebrated for its juicy fried chicken and salads.
Which of these sentences contains an adverb in the comparative form?
Vincent Van Gogh's paintings are in museums all over the world, for he is a great artist.
The Grant Street Library has the most books of all the libraries in the city, so it is often busy.
Fernando drives more carefully than Stephan does, so most people prefer riding with Fernando.
We travel farthest to reach Oakland Mall, but the trip is worthwhile because of its variety of stores.
Which of these underlined phrases contains an adjective or adverb in the superlative form?
The soccer players have some fierce competitions coming up this season, so they will train earnestly every day.
Of all of the candidates on the stage that evening, the young senator spoke most persuasively to the crowd.
The blue pencil is sharper than the green one, so that is the one Rebecca will use on her art project.
Some people think Mount McKinley is a nicer hiking area than Smith Park, but others disagree.
