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Check your knowledge! Take our fun quiz for the beginner The Wing and a Prayer Section of the History Chapter of our textbook! Follow the instructions and then click on the "Check it!" button for each question.

Advanced Activities: Jumpers

1.	Throughout history people have tried to fly by jumping from _________. (Check the correct answer.)
	bridges heights towers

2.	With each experiment new things were learned. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

3.	Many people have tried to fly by jumping from tall buildings or airplanes. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

4.	The first man to "fly" was _________. (Check the correct answer.)
	Chinese Japanese Italian

5.	Shin jumped from a ___________ using two large hats. (Check the correct answer.)
	bridge tower mountain top

6.	Did Shin land safely? (Check the correct answer.)
	Yes No

7.	Many ________ passed before the next recorded jump. (Check the correct answer.)
	weeks months years

8.	A(n) _________, Abbas ibn-Firmas tried to fly using wings. (Check the correct answer.)
	lawyer architect physician

9.	He attributed his failure to not having a _______. (Check the correct answer.)
	beak tail wing

10.	Jumping was too dangerous and did not help build the knowledge needed to invent the airplane. of flight. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

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