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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 3, Birthday Corks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nikola Tesla need now to capitalize on his 1906 invention?
(a) Capital.
(b) A business manager.
(c) Inventory.
(d) A manufacturing plant.

2. In what year is the Wardenclyffe tower blown up?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1917.

3. Who broadcasts voice and music programs in 1906 and 1907 based on Nikola Tesla's radio design and principles?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) Reginald A. Fessenden.
(c) William Marconi.
(d) Professor Pupin.

4. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?
(a) It is robbed.
(b) It catches fire.
(c) It is made larger.
(d) It is raided by police.

5. After J. Pierpont Morgan dies in 1913, from whom does Nikola Tesla try to get investment funding?
(a) J. P. Morgan.
(b) Scherff.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) John Hays Hammond, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. After World War II, much of Nikola Tesla's library materials are shipped where?

2. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?

3. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?

4. Who backs out of his commitment for further investment in Wardenclyffe?

5. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?

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