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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) 1890.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1895.

2. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?
(a) The Electrical Times.
(b) The Electrical Review.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The New York Times.

3. Who funds Nikola Tesla's big Long Island experiment?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) George Westinghouse.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) J. Pierpont Morgan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is being manufactured at Wardenclyffe?

5. In what year does Katherine Johnson die?

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