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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nikola Tesla believe is the greatest benefit of robots?
(a) Service to the military.
(b) Service to humanity.
(c) Service to traffic.
(d) Service to boats.

2. In what field does Nikola Tesla pioneer inventions while the Nobel Prize goes to three others?
(a) Radar.
(b) The transistor.
(c) The radio.
(d) Wireless technology.

3. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?
(a) Louis Cohen.
(b) D. McFarlan Moore.
(c) Leland Anderson.
(d) Gano Dunn.

4. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?
(a) Stationary pulses.
(b) Stationary waves.
(c) Remote electricity.
(d) Nuclear power.

5. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?
(a) Diamond-button lamp.
(b) Carbon-button lamp.
(c) Ruby-button lamp.
(d) Zirconia-button lamp.

6. When does Nikola Tesla perform a major experiment in his Colorado Springs laboratory?
(a) June 27, 1899.
(b) August 5, 1899.
(c) July 3, 1899.
(d) September 1, 1899.

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

8. At what game does Nikola Tesla become skilled?
(a) Horseshoes.
(b) Chess.
(c) Polo.
(d) Billiards.

9. What profession does Nikola Tesla's father expect him to follow?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Clergyman.
(c) Policeman.
(d) Lawyer.

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

11. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to a celebration at the Waldorf in 1898?
(a) The Johnsons.
(b) The Westinghouses.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) The Edisons.

12. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?
(a) A vacuum engine.
(b) A solar engine.
(c) A steam driven engine.
(d) A water engine.

13. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?
(a) Prague.
(b) Graz.
(c) Munich.
(d) Vienna.

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

15. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?
(a) Prague.
(b) Munich.
(c) Budapest.
(d) Vienna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nikola Tesla send through neighboring buildings?

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

3. For what type of transmission is Nikola Tesla's research a precursor in around 1895?

4. What does Nikola Tesla ask Westinghouse to do with their royalties agreement?

5. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?

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