HMH Weekly Quiz 2/2/24

This selection is:

• an opinion text

• an autobiography

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

The text refers to Edison as a visionary. A visionary is:

• someone who is an inventor

• someone who has new ideas about the future

• someone who is invisible

• someone who can predict the future

According to the author, the lightbulb:

• didn't change the way we live

• was the second most important invention

• only helped rich people

• inspired the most inventions

What was the first motion picture camera?

• kinetocamera

• kinetograph

• kinetoscope

• kinetofilm

The phonograph led to the inventions of all EXCEPT ​ ​

• talking doll
• dictation machine
• jukebox
• camera

According to the author, what is the most important of Edison's inventions?

• kinetograph

• phonograph

• lightbulb

• kinetoscope

Where was Edison's first light and power system?

• Ruby Lane in New Orleans

• Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

• Diamond Street in Boston

• Pearl Street in New York City

What did big cities use before the invention of the light bulb?

• gas lights

• flashlights

• candles

• they weren't lit at all

After reading the first page, how does the author plan on persuading the reader that the lightbulb was Edison's best invention?

• by presenting different photos and inventions of Thomas Edison

• by presenting information about Edison's 3 most popular inventions

• by presenting diagrams

• by presenting pie charts