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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 5, Remnants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1981, how many patents does Nikola Tesla get for AC electric systems?
(a) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla finally sue Marconi?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1914.

3. Despite the fact that Nikola Tesla inspires the science of radar, in what year is Robert A. Watson-Watt officially credited with the invention?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1935.

4. Where are the plans for Nikola Tesla's "aeromobile"?
(a) The Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.
(b) The Tate.
(c) The Museum of Natural History.
(d) The Smithsonian.

5. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?
(a) Budapest.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Prague.
(d) Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. At how many revolutions per minute does the Tesla turbine run?

2. What does Thomas Edison do to try to quash the acquisition of Nikola Tesla's invention?

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

4. Why does Nikola Tesla ignore the NRC mission of finding a way to detect U-Boats?

5. What hotel is Nikola Tesla told to vacate in part because of his birds?

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