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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 does Dr. Eisenbud suggest about Nikola Tesla's mental condition?
(a) He is psychotic.
(b) He is neurotic.
(c) He is schizophrenic.
(d) He is obsessive compulsive.

2. How many volts are Nikola Tesla's coils producing when he asks Leonard Curtis to find him a new laboratory?
(a) 4,000,000.
(b) 4,500,000.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 50,000.

3. Why does Nikola Tesla choose room 207 at the Alta Vista Hotel?
(a) It is the only room available.
(b) The number 207 reminds him of his mother.
(c) It has a window.
(d) The number 207 is divisible by three and one flight up.

4. Whom does Lt. Hobson try to interest in robotry as a way to raise funds for Nikola Tesla?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Coast Guard.

5. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?
(a) The George Westinghouses.
(b) The Thomas Commerfod Martins.
(c) The Thomas Edisons.
(d) The Robert Underwood Johnsons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do scientists and engineers worldwide do for Nikola Tesla's 75th birthday?

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

3. For what invention is the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics given?

4. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?

5. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?

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