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

2. Who asks Nikola Tesla to accept the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?
(a) B. A. Behrend.
(b) George Westinghouse.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) Thomas Edison.

3. In what year does the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the Marconi Company patents for the invention of radio?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1943.

4. Where does Nikola Tesla maintain a laboratory for turbine work?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Bridgeport, Connecticut.

5. To what periodical does Nikola Tesla write in defense of King Alexander?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Daily News.
(c) The Post.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1915, who builds a radio station for the U.S. Naval Radio Service?

2. What happens to patents filed by Nikola Tesla in 1922?

3. Why is Nikola Tesla never sure what day to celebrate for his birthday?

4. For what publication does Nikola Tesla write about women's superiority?

5. For what experiment does Nikola Tesla solicit funding in New York in 1900?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nikola care for pigeons in Chapter 23, "Pigeons"?

2. What happens when the New York Times publishes a story indicating that Tesla and Edison will receive a Nobel Prize in physics?

3. What do Nikola and Ivan Mestrovic have in common, and how do they leverage those commonalities?

4. In Chapter 19, "The Nobel Affair," for what two inventions does Nikola Tesla think he can collaborate with John Hays Hammond, Jr., and why?

5. Why is Nikola Tesla constantly passed over for fame and fortune for his inventions, especially radio?

6. Describe Nikola's appearance and day-to-day circumstances as he enters his fifties as described in Chapter 18, "Midstream Perils".

7. In Chapter 27, "Cosmic Communion," for what purpose does Nikola Tesla use his birthday parties during his eightieth decade?

8. In Chapter 26, "Corks on Water," explain why J.P. Morgan will not invest in proposals Nikola Tesla makes after the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

9. Why is there conflicting information about Nikola Tesla's invention of a "Chinese Wall" in the U.S. of Teleforce?

10. In Chapter 15, "Magnificent and Doomed," what trickery does Nikola Tesla use in pictures in a published article to give the impression that he is impervious to the lighting generated at his Colorado Springs laboratory?

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