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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 experiment does Nikola Tesla solicit funding in New York in 1900?
(a) Telegraphic communication to any point on the globe.
(b) A new carbon button lamp.
(c) A new oscillator.
(d) A lightning generator.

2. About what do Nikola Tesla and John Hays Hammond Jr. correspond?
(a) Earning money through military applications for robotry.
(b) Rebuilding the tower in Colorado Springs.
(c) Improving the coil motor.
(d) Improving the copper button lamp.

3. What accomplishment occurs at Niagara Falls in 1895?
(a) Electrical lines are strung over the falls.
(b) GE delivers electricity first.
(c) Westinghouse is ready to deliver 15,000 horsepower of electricity.
(d) George Westinghouse begins a new company.

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

5. What does Thomas Edison do to try to quash the acquisition of Nikola Tesla's invention?
(a) He buys out Nikola Tesla.
(b) He conducts a smear campaign against Westinghouse and alternating current.
(c) He meets with George Westinghouse.
(d) He offers Tesla stock in his company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?

2. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?

3. On what is Nikola Tesla working around the time of his 75th birthday?

4. What does Dr. Eisenbud suggest about Nikola Tesla's mental condition?

5. What does Nikola Tesla send through neighboring buildings?

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