Read the articles online and then answer the following multiple-choice questions.

1. What happened on March 10, 1876?

   1.   ?    first telegraph message sent
   2.   ?    first motion picture
   3.   ?    first telephone call
   4.   ?    first photograph made
   5.   ?    first music record made

2. What was Edison’s favorite invention?

   1.   ?    the light bulb
   2.   ?    the phonograph
   3.   ?    the kinetoscope
   4.   ?    the telephone
   5.   ?    the camera

3. What invention did Bell invent that was based on the principle that several notes could be sent simultaneously along the same wire if the notes differed in pitch?
   
   

   1.   ?    phonograph
   2.   ?    camera
   3.   ?    kinetoscope
   4.   ?    harmonic telegraph
   5.   ?    punched card

4. What were the first words sent over a telephone?

   1.   ?    What Hath God Wrought?
   2.   ?    Mary Had a Little Lamb.
      
   3.   ?    Let Freedom Ring!
   4.   ?    Mr. Watson, come here.
   5.   ?    Dr. Livingston, I presume?

5. What happened on August 12, 1877?

   1.   ?    Edison completed the first phonograph.
   2.   ?    Edison completed the first photograph.
   3.   ?    Edison completed the first telegraph message.
   4.   ?    Edison completed the first telephone message.
   5.   ?    Edison completed the first kinetoscope picture.

6. What was Edison’s favorite invention?

   1.   ?    light bulb
   2.   ?    phonograph
   3.   ?    kinetoscope
   4.   ?    telephone
   5.   ?    camera

7. What other scientific experiments did Bell work with?

   1.   ?    artificial respiration
   2.   ?    airplanes
   3.   ?    kites
   4.   ?    sheep-breeding
   5.   ?    all of the above

8. What did people call Thomas Edison?

   1.   ?    The Einstein of Electricity
   2.   ?    The Light of New Jersey
   3.   ?    The Wizard of Menlo Park
   4.   ?    The Father of Music
   5.   ?    The Father of the Telephone

9. The Gramophone recorded music on:

   1.   ?    paper
   2.   ?    tape
   3.   ?    cds
   4.   ?    discs
   5.   ?    metal cylinders

10. Which of the following is a FALSE statement?

    1.   ?    Alexander Graham Bell was only 29 when he invented the telephone.
    2.   ?    Edison still worked 18 hours a day when he was 70 years old.
    3.   ?    Edison created a portable phonograph for soldiers to take to World War 1.
    4.   ?    One of Bell's inventions helped to locate a bullet in President Lincoln after he was shot.
    5.   ?    Bell preferred to work in teams when he developed inventions.