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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 decade is Prohibition enacted?
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1900s.

2. How does Nikola Tesla have photographs produced of the Colorado Springs lightning experiment?
(a) Using artistic enhancement.
(b) Using negatives.
(c) Using time exposures.
(d) Using plates.

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

4. In what year is the Wardenclyffe tower blown up?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1917.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to patents filed by Nikola Tesla in 1922?

4. What is the location of the tower that Nikola Tesla builds for his experiment on Long Island?

5. In 1927, who tries to help Nikola Tesla with the promotion of a scientific concept?

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