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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?
2. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?
3. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?
4. What does Nikola Tesla demonstrate with thousands of high-frequency volts running through his body?
5. Where does Charles Batchelor encourage Nikola Tesla to go?
Short Essay Questions
1. From the book's Introduction, why does Nikola Tesla maintain an intensely private life?
2. In Chapter 3, "Immigrants of Distinction," describe the influence that Charles Bachelor has on Nikola Tesla.
3. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," what practical applications do Nikola Tesla's inventions have?
4. Nikola produces the first x-ray picture in America. Why does he not commercialize this discovery?
5. Describe three elements of the friendship between Nikola Tesla and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Johnson.
6. In Chapter 13, "Hurler of Lightning," what are some of the effects of Nikola Tesla's experiments with the magnifying oscillator in Colorado Springs?
7. In Chapter 10, "An Error in Judgment," describe three reasons why Nikola is almost destitute financially.
8. How does Nikola out in Colorado keep Scherff motivated while working at the laboratory back in New York?
9. 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?
10. In Chapter 14, "Blackout at Colorado Springs," what factors contribute to the failure of Nikola Tesla's Colorado Springs laboratory?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison are two men with a shared interest in science, yet cannot be more different in their outlook on life and approaches to their work.
Part 1) How does Nikola Tesla's and Thomas Edison's first meeting in 1884 set the stage for the personality conflicts that follow?
Part 2) Why does Thomas Edison proceed to put Nikola Tesla to work despite his disdain for alternating current?
Essay Topic 2
In his earlier years, Nikola subscribes to the theory that women have a certain place in the fabric of society, supportive of their men, and not holding leadership positions. Later, through his friendship with Katherine Johnson and women such as Ann Morgan, he changes his position. Describe how his position changes, how he makes this known publicly, and what influence you think Katherine and Ann individually or collectively have on this shift.
Essay Topic 3
For a period in Nikola Tesla's life, he becomes quite secretive about more than surface details of his inventions. In his seventies, he announces earth-shattering inventions and makes numerous prophecies. To what do you attribute these changes? Why is Nikola suddenly willing to take risks again after so many years? How much of this change can be attributed to the interest shown to him by Kenneth Swezey?
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