Lit. 7 - Test 7

Question 1

scientist at Tuskegee Institute (match)

Answer 1

George Washington Carver

Question 2

scientist who invented the light bulb (match)

Answer 2

Thomas Edison

Question 3

nurse who began a training school for nurses (match)

Answer 3

Florence Nightingale

Question 4

scientist who discovered magnetic-electricity (match)

Answer 4

Michael Faraday

Question 5

“she washed and she bandaged,
she shooed away the flies.” (match)

Answer 5

“Clara Barton”

Question 6

“some men searched for the truth”. (match)

Answer 6

“The Scientists”

Question 7

“there is the mind which plans them–
back of the brawn, the brain!” (match)

Answer 7

“The Thinker”

Question 8

who wrote “Clara Barton”? (s.a.)

Answer 8

(Rosemary and Stephen Vincent) Bene’t

Question 9

George Washington Carver was traded for this when he was an infant (s.a.)

Answer 9

a horse

Question 10

this scientist was known as the Wizard of Menlo Park (s.a.)

Answer 10

Thomas Edison

Question 11

she was know as the Lady of the Lamp (s.a.)

Answer 11

Florence Nightingale

Question 12

would Michael Faraday have been a great scientist if he had not worked hard? (essay)

Answer 12

M.F. would not have been a great scientist if he had not worked hard because hard work is necessary to achieve great things.

Question 13

Give at least 3 examples of hard work in Faraday’s life. (essay)

Answer 13

1. Faraday began working as an errand boy in a bookseller’s shop at age 13.
2. He was later apprenticed to a bookseller.
3. Faraday read and studied much and attended lectures as often as possible.
4. He worked many hours each day.
5. Faraday later worked for Sir Humphrey Davy and discovered magnetic-electricity.