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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?
(a) He worships him.
(b) He feels sorry for him.
(c) He detests him.
(d) He feels nothing for him.

2. In Chapter 13, "Hurler of Lightning," to where does Nikola Tesla move in 1899?
(a) Colorado Springs.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Boise.
(d) Denver.

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

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

5. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?
(a) The Electrical Congress.
(b) The United States Congress.
(c) The engineers at the Chicago World's Fair.
(d) The International Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?

2. Why does Nikola Tesla choose room 207 at the Alta Vista Hotel?

3. In Chapter 13, what is the invention that most fascinates Nikola Tesla followers?

4. Where does Charles Batchelor encourage Nikola Tesla to go?

5. With what device does Nikola Tesla achieve tensions of about one million volts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What potential modern applications does author Margaret Cheney describe for Nikola Tesla's invention of a peculiar and sensitive vacuum tube?

2. Nikola produces the first x-ray picture in America. Why does he not commercialize this discovery?

3. In Chapter 11, "To Mars," what patents does Nikola file in November, 1897, and what application do they potentially support?

4. How does Nikola out in Colorado keep Scherff motivated while working at the laboratory back in New York?

5. Nikola's demonstration of the world's first radio-controlled boat doesn't make a big splash. Why is this?

6. From the book's Introduction, why does Nikola Tesla maintain an intensely private life?

7. In Chapter 9, "High Road, Low Road," Nikola Tesla focuses on the use of alternating current for electricity generation, while his competitor Thomas Edison refuses to endorse anything but direct current. How is the electricity generation business divided in the mid-1890s in Buffalo?

8. In Chapter 5, "The War of the Currents Begins," describe several events that demonstrate that Nikola Tesla's notoriety is growing.

9. In the "Acknowledgements" section, describe the reasons Leland Anderson is interested in Nikola Tesla.

10. Describe three elements of the friendship between Nikola Tesla and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Johnson.

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