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- 1. Multiple Choice
We take zippers for granted, but think about how much easier our lives have become since zippers were invented slightly more than 100 years ago.
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- 2. Multiple Choice
We take zippers for granted, but think about how much easier our lives have become since zippers were invented slightly more than 100 years ago.
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- 3. Multiple Choice
The first zipper was patented by Whitcomb L. Judson, an American inventor, in 1893.
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- 4. Multiple Choice
Judson’s zipper was called a clasp locker, and it had a series of hooks and eyes that fastened together with a slider.
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- 5. Multiple Choice
Judson’s zipper was called a clasp locker, and it had a series of hooks and eyes that fastened together with a slider.
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- 6. Multiple Choice
Today’s zipper also has a slider, but it fastens together with rows of snugly fitting teeth.
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These rows remain fastened until the slider is pulled back, unlocking that teeth.
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- 8. Multiple Choice
The toothed zipper that we use today was invented by Gideon Sundback in 1913.
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- 9. Multiple Choice
The word zipper was not used until 1922, when a company marketed galoshes that were called Zippers.
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They were given that name because their sliding fasteners could close so quickly.
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- 11. Multiple Choice
Judson and Sundback rarely get the credit they deserve for what they contributed to modern life.
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- 12. Multiple Choice
I wondered what he was doing there.
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- 13. Multiple Choice
How the prisoner escaped is a mystery.
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- 14. Multiple Choice
My feeling is that the robbery was an inside job.
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- 15. Multiple Choice
The family has had no word about where he might be.
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- 16. Multiple Choice
Whoever injured the handicapped woman must be feeling guilty.
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- 17. Multiple Choice
People frequently consider politicians dishonest, yet these same people, who are the voters, continually re-elect the same politicians.
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- 18. Multiple Choice
Before the Pilgrims disembarked, they had agreed on a specific form of government; this decision on self-government and democracy is called the Mayflower Compact.
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- 19. Multiple Choice
Although women and servants did not sign, forty-one adult males did sign the Mayflower Compact.
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- 20. Multiple Choice
John Hay was a writer, a historian, and Secretary of State under President McKinley.
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