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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 what publication does Nikola Tesla write about women's superiority?
(a) Fortune.
(b) Colliers.
(c) The Harvard Review.
(d) The New Yorker.

2. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Windstorm.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Thunder.

3. Why are balloons ordered?
(a) To celebrate the completion of an experiment.
(b) To anchor the equipment.
(c) To hoist stationary antennae into the air.
(d) For the enjoyment of local children.

4. What is Nikola Tesla's first two-way radio controlled object?
(a) Boat.
(b) Trolley.
(c) Antenna.
(d) Car.

5. With what planet does Nikola Tesla say communication can be made?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Mars.
(c) Venus.
(d) Uranus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?

2. Who contributed $30,000 toward the building of the new research station?

3. For what type of transmission is Nikola Tesla's research a precursor in around 1895?

4. Where does Nikola Tesla maintain a laboratory for turbine work?

5. When does Nikola Tesla perform a major experiment in his Colorado Springs laboratory?

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