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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. What type of weapon does Nikola envision in his conversations with Viereck?
(a) A nuclear submarine.
(b) A guided missile.
(c) A death ray gun.
(d) An apparatus that projects charged particles.

2. On what is Nikola Tesla working around the time of his 75th birthday?
(a) A new lighting generation machine.
(b) A stronger oscillator.
(c) A more powerful coil.
(d) A new source of power.

3. In 1927, who tries to help Nikola Tesla with the promotion of a scientific concept?
(a) Francis A. Fitzgerald.
(b) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(c) Scherff.
(d) Robert Underwood Johnson.

4. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet four inches.
(b) Five feet two inches.
(c) Six feet.
(d) Six feet six inches.

5. In what year is Nikola Tesla summoned to court for failure to pay his takes in New York City?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1914.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being manufactured at Wardenclyffe?

2. To what author is Nikola Tesla introduced while ill as a child?

3. After Mark Twain and J. Pierpont Morgan die, what happens to Nikola Tesla's behavior?

4. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?

5. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?

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