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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hotel is Nikola Tesla told to vacate in part because of his birds?
(a) The Waldorf.
(b) The Regency.
(c) The Park.
(d) The St. Regis.

2. On what invention does Nikola Tesla claim he is working?
(a) A new type of electric generation tube.
(b) A new form of atomic energy.
(c) A new electronic dynamo for AC power.
(d) A new remote controlled boat.

3. What professor finds Nikola Tesla's ideas "thermodynamically sound"?
(a) Adolph Slaby.
(b) Michael Reese.
(c) Warren Rice.
(d) Gustave Kolischer.

4. Where is the Palm Room?
(a) In the Plaza Hotel.
(b) In the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
(c) In the St. Regis Hotel.
(d) In the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

5. In what year does Nikola Tesla file a patent to describe the supercooling of conductors to appreciably lower resistance?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Nikola Tesla to accept the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?

2. What magazine carries two of Nikola Tesla's designs: extracting electricity from seawater and plans for a geothermal steam plant?

3. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?

4. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?

5. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?

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