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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. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet six inches.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Six feet four inches.
(d) Five feet two inches.

2. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?
(a) The Chicago World's Fair.
(b) The World Congress.
(c) A bad radio experiment.
(d) A scientists' meeting in London.

3. What does Dr. Eisenbud suggest about Nikola Tesla's mental condition?
(a) He is psychotic.
(b) He is neurotic.
(c) He is schizophrenic.
(d) He is obsessive compulsive.

4. In what year does Nikola Tesla file a patent to describe the supercooling of conductors to appreciably lower resistance?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1902.

5. How old is writer Kenneth M. Swezey when he arrives in New York City?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?

2. In what year does the Great Depression begin?

3. For whom does Nikola Tesla say he will build a villa in New York City?

4. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?

5. How does Nikola Tesla have photographs produced of the Colorado Springs lightning experiment?

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