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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. For what experiment does Nikola Tesla solicit funding in New York in 1900?
(a) A new carbon button lamp.
(b) Telegraphic communication to any point on the globe.
(c) A new oscillator.
(d) A lightning generator.

2. What is rumored to have been developed in 1924 by Nikola Tesla?
(a) A torpedo.
(b) A death ray.
(c) A new oscillator.
(d) A warhead.

3. Who uses Nikola Tesla's 1900 radio patent to signal the letter "S" across the Atlantic ocean?
(a) Edison.
(b) Westinghouse.
(c) Marconi.
(d) Scherff.

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

5. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
(a) London.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Toronto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who funds Nikola Tesla's big Long Island experiment?

2. In what year does the Great Depression begin?

3. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?

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

5. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?

(see the answer key)

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