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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. After J. Pierpont Morgan dies in 1913, from whom does Nikola Tesla try to get investment funding?
(a) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(b) J. P. Morgan.
(c) Scherff.
(d) Robert Underwood Johnson.

2. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?
(a) Nuclear fission.
(b) Physics.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Thermodynamics.

3. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?
(a) Prague.
(b) Graz.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Munich.

4. To which fellow New Yorker does Nikola Tesla pay back old debts?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) George Westinghouse.
(c) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(d) Robert Underwood Johnson.

5. Besides being an inventor, for what other role is Nikola Tesla known?
(a) Financier.
(b) Publicist.
(c) Writer.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Palm Room?

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

3. Who writes letters to Nikola Tesla from around the country, trying to encourage him about better health?

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

5. In what decade is Prohibition enacted?

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