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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. In what year does the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1927.

2. What do scientists and engineers worldwide do for Nikola Tesla's 75th birthday?
(a) Send gifts.
(b) Write letters and tributes.
(c) Publish his articles.
(d) Attend his party.

3. On how many new inventions does Nikola Tesla say Teleforce is based?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. In what year is Yugoslavia formed?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1919.

5. Despite the fact that Nikola Tesla inspires the science of radar, in what year is Robert A. Watson-Watt officially credited with the invention?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who backs out of his commitment for further investment in Wardenclyffe?

3. To where does Nikola Tesla begin to write letters at age fifty?

4. in 1902, what engineer supports the work Nikola Tesla is doing?

5. What New York establishment drops Nikola Tesla's membership for non-payment of bills?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What mistake does Nikola make when proposing his process for degassifying copper to the American Smelting and Refining Company?

3. What closure does Nikola get as he learns about medical uses for his oscillator inventions?

4. What role does the National Research Council have in preventing Nikola from getting his ideas listened to?

5. After 1915, why does Nikola work for two companies as described in Chapter 20, "Flying Stove"?

6. What is different about Nikola's flivver airplane, or flying stove, and other existing aircraft?

7. In the face of what is termed the 1903 "Rich Man's Panic," how does Scherff advise Nikola Tesla to leverage one of his inventions to raise funds?

8. 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?

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

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

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