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

2. What is being manufactured at Wardenclyffe?
(a) Copper button lamps.
(b) Lightning generators.
(c) Radios.
(d) Medical coils.

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

4. In what year does the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1929.

5. Who backs out of his commitment for further investment in Wardenclyffe?
(a) Katherine Johnson.
(b) Scherff.
(c) The Navy.
(d) J. Pierpont Morgan.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is the Wardenclyffe tower blown up?

2. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?

3. With what bird is Nikola Tesla enamored?

4. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?

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

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