Steam Cars and Boredom

The company promised a steam car with greater speed and __________ driving controls.

• simpler

• simple

• simpleness

• simplicity

The Model B could accelerate to 60 miles per hour in just 15 seconds – a truly __________ performance for its time.

• remarkable

• reluctant

• repetitive

• reasonable

The Doble brothers received thousands of __________ for their new steam cars.

• deposits

• depositions

• depots

• dependence

The new engine design was __________ with serious technical glitches.

• plagued

• pleased

• placed

• plugged

After a night in freezing weather, the Model E’s boiler reached operating pressure in under a minute – a truly __________ achievement.

• impressive

• impulsive

• improper

• impossible

The weight of the Model E was evenly __________, giving it good handling.

• distributed

• divided

• dispersed

• distinguished

The Model E produced negligible emissions, making it an __________ vehicle for its time.

• environmentally-friendly

• environmentally

• environment

• environmental

Fewer than fifty Model Es were ever __________ before the company folded.

• manufactured

• manipulated

• manifested

• magnified

Many surviving Model Es are still in good working __________ today.

• condition

• connection

• construction

• conclusion

Defining boredom precisely has proved __________ for scientists.

• difficult

• difference

• differing

• difficulty