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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 3, Birthday Corks.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who arranges a party for Nikola Tesla's 75th birthday in 1931?
(a) His secretaries.
(b) Swezey.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) Scherff.

4. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?
(a) Smashes it.
(b) Turns it off.
(c) Turns it up.
(d) Oils it.

5. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?
(a) Physics.
(b) Nuclear fission.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Thermodynamics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At how many revolutions per minute does the Tesla turbine run?

2. What is George Sylvester Viereck's vocation?

3. What does Nikola Tesla ask Westinghouse to do with their royalties agreement?

4. What are the descendants of the Tesla flivver airplane?

5. In what year do Nikola Tesla's friends Hobson and Johnson die?

(see the answer key)

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