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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. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1895.

2. What is the location of the tower that Nikola Tesla builds for his experiment on Long Island?
(a) Wardenclyffe.
(b) Oyster Point.
(c) The Hamptons.
(d) Shoreham.

3. What company refuses to entertain any of Nikola Tesla's proposals in 1920?
(a) RCA.
(b) The Westinghouse Company.
(c) Edison Electric Company.
(d) General Electric Company.

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) 1902.
(d) 1901.

5. For whom does Nikola Tesla say he will build a villa in New York City?
(a) Nellie Melba.
(b) Ann Morgan.
(c) Katherine Johnson.
(d) Marguerite Merington.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?

3. Whom does Lt. Hobson try to interest in robotry as a way to raise funds for Nikola Tesla?

4. What is rumored to have been developed in 1924 by Nikola Tesla?

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

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