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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 2, The Inventor's 60s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nikola Tesla's first two-way radio controlled object?
(a) Antenna.
(b) Boat.
(c) Trolley.
(d) Car.

2. What trait is suspected by some about Nikola Tesla during the Gilded Age?
(a) He is bipolar.
(b) He is passive aggressive.
(c) He is a homosexual.
(d) He is a virgin.

3. In what year does Katherine Johnson die?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1925.

4. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?
(a) A new light bulb.
(b) A DC motor.
(c) The Tesla arc lamp.
(d) A new generator.

5. What happens to the electric company generator when Nikola Tesla runs his experiment?
(a) It knocks the generator off line and makes it burn.
(b) It restores the generator to the line.
(c) It discharges and quits.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nikola Tesla feel when he sees his experiment in progress?

2. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?

3. What does Dr. Eisenbud suggest about Nikola Tesla's mental condition?

4. In what year does the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the Marconi Company patents for the invention of radio?

5. What type of electrical service does Thomas Edison supply to people?

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