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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what subject does Nikola Tesla excel in high school?
(a) Math.
(b) Social studies.
(c) Science.
(d) Art.

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

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

4. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
(a) Chicago.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Toronto.

5. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?
(a) Atoms.
(b) Radio waves.
(c) Sun.
(d) Radiation.

6. For what type of transmission is Nikola Tesla's research a precursor in around 1895?
(a) Microwave.
(b) Convection.
(c) Electromechanical.
(d) Radio wave.

7. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?
(a) An AC motor.
(b) A DC motor.
(c) A pulley motor.
(d) A gas powered motor.

8. What does Nikola Tesla send through neighboring buildings?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Vibrations.
(c) Water.
(d) Electricity.

9. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?
(a) Roaming in his native mountains.
(b) Doing research in Budapest.
(c) Touring Zagreb.
(d) Visiting his mother's grave.

10. 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.

11. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1855.

12. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?
(a) He shudders.
(b) He is burned.
(c) He is fine.
(d) He loses consciousness.

13. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?
(a) The Robert Underwood Johnsons.
(b) The Thomas Commerfod Martins.
(c) The George Westinghouses.
(d) The Thomas Edisons.

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) Vienna.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Munich.
(d) Prague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major German invention in 1896 is most likely predated by Nikola Tesla's version?

2. In what year does the Tesla Electric Company open?

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

4. At what game does Nikola Tesla become skilled?

5. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to his laboratory at midnight to view his experiments?

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