Q.1
What is meant by 'The whole thing'?
  • The invention of the telegraph and the telephone
  • The development and invention of the telegraph, the telephone and the radio
  • The development and invention of the telegraph and the telephone
  • The development and invention of the radio
Q.2
Thinking about its role in the text, what is meant by the word 'capacity'?
  • measure of electrical output
  • volume
  • physical ability
  • size
Q.3
What sort of scientist do you think James Clerk Maxwell was?
  • Physician
  • Physicist
  • Pharmacist
  • Chemist
Q.4
What does 'Heinrich Hertz demonstrated' mean?
  • Heinrich Hertz showed
  • Heinrich Hertz complained
  • Heinrich Hertz entertained
  • Heinrich Hertz guessed
Q.5
Thinking about its role in the text, what is meant by the word 'projected'?
  • swirled
  • floated
  • drawn
  • sent
Q.6
In 'his experiment provided', whose experiment does 'his' refer to?
  • Guillermo Marconi's
  • James Clerk Maxwell's
  • Heinrich Hertz's
  • Mahlon Loomis's
Q.7
What did Guillermo Marconi prove?
  • Communicating by sound waves was technologically feasible
  • Communicating by waves was technologically feasible
  • Communicating by radio waves was technologically feasible
  • Communicating by radios was technologically feasible
Q.8
What does 'it' in the second to last sentence refer to?
  • The radio
  • Father of Radio
  • The telegraph
  • The telephone
Q.9
What does the writer mean by saying 'Be that as it may'?
  • Who cares that he didn't invent the radio
  • However, he didn't invent the radio
  • Despite being the "Father of Radio"
  • Despite not inventing the radio
Q.10
Which of the following would be an appropriate title for the text?
  • The development of the telephone
  • The development of the radio
  • The development of the telegraph
  • The development of radio waves
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