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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 2, The Inventor's 60s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what bird is Nikola Tesla enamored?
(a) Robin.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Blue jay.
(d) Swallow.

2. What hotel is Nikola Tesla told to vacate in part because of his birds?
(a) The Waldorf.
(b) The Regency.
(c) The St. Regis.
(d) The Park.

3. Who backs out of his commitment for further investment in Wardenclyffe?
(a) Katherine Johnson.
(b) The Navy.
(c) Scherff.
(d) J. Pierpont Morgan.

4. What happens to patents filed by Nikola Tesla in 1922?
(a) They are all completed.
(b) They are stolen by competitors.
(c) They are used in his current invention projects.
(d) They enter the common domain because they are not completed.

5. Whom does Lt. Hobson try to interest in robotry as a way to raise funds for Nikola Tesla?
(a) The Coast Guard.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Army.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year does Katherine Johnson die?

3. What company refuses to entertain any of Nikola Tesla's proposals in 1920?

4. Who writes letters to Nikola Tesla from around the country, trying to encourage him about better health?

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

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