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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. In 1915, who builds a radio station for the U.S. Naval Radio Service?
(a) A Serbian firm.
(b) A British firm.
(c) A French firm.
(d) A German firm.

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1880.

3. In what decade is Prohibition enacted?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1920s.

4. For what patent does Nikola Tesla file in 1898?
(a) Radio remote control for use in his laboratory.
(b) Radio transistors.
(c) Radio remote control for use in guided vehicles.
(d) An alternating current engine for an automobile.

5. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?
(a) Outside.
(b) A chair in the middle of the room.
(c) Next to the switch.
(d) In the doorway of the laboratory.

Short Answer Questions

1. In how many days does Nikola Tesla think the turbine can drive ocean liners across the Atlantic?

2. What happens to the electric company generator when Nikola Tesla runs his experiment?

3. In what year is the Wardenclyffe tower blown up?

4. What is Nikola Tesla's first two-way radio controlled object?

5. What trait is suspected by some about Nikola Tesla during the Gilded Age?

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