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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 does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?
(a) Remote electricity.
(b) Stationary pulses.
(c) Stationary waves.
(d) Nuclear power.

2. In 1915, who builds a radio station for the U.S. Naval Radio Service?
(a) A German firm.
(b) A French firm.
(c) A Serbian firm.
(d) A British firm.

3. In Chapter 13, what is the invention that most fascinates Nikola Tesla followers?
(a) The Copper Button Lamp.
(b) The transmitter.
(c) The remote controlled ship.
(d) The valve.

4. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1880.
(d) 1882.

5. How much capital funded the incorporation of the Tesla Ozone Company?
(a) $40,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $35,000.
(d) $42,500.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?

2. After J. Pierpont Morgan dies in 1913, from whom does Nikola Tesla try to get investment funding?

3. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?

4. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?

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

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