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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 2, The Inventor's 60s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?
(a) He has a newspaper reporter write about them.
(b) He sends out letters to the scientists.
(c) He publishes articles in magazines.
(d) He conducts lectures with demonstrations.

2. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?
(a) A gas powered motor.
(b) A DC motor.
(c) An AC motor.
(d) A pulley motor.

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

4. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?
(a) The International Congress.
(b) The Electrical Congress.
(c) The engineers at the Chicago World's Fair.
(d) The United States Congress.

5. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?
(a) A new generator.
(b) A new light bulb.
(c) The Tesla arc lamp.
(d) A DC motor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What company refuses to entertain any of Nikola Tesla's proposals in 1920?

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla finally sue Marconi?

3. Besides being an inventor, for what other role is Nikola Tesla known?

4. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?

5. Where is the National Research Council formed?

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