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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. What happens to patents filed by Nikola Tesla in 1922?
(a) They are stolen by competitors.
(b) They are all completed.
(c) They enter the common domain because they are not completed.
(d) They are used in his current invention projects.

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

3. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet six inches.
(b) Six feet four inches.
(c) Five feet two inches.
(d) Six feet.

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

5. In what decade is Prohibition enacted?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1900s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1910s.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Nikola Tesla begin to write letters at age fifty?

2. What is rumored to have been developed in 1924 by Nikola Tesla?

3. How does Nikola Tesla have photographs produced of the Colorado Springs lightning experiment?

4. What accomplishment occurs at Niagara Falls in 1895?

5. For whom does Nikola Tesla say he will build a villa in New York City?

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