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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. Who asks Nikola Tesla to accept the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?
(a) B. A. Behrend.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) George Westinghouse.
(d) Robert Underwood Johnson.

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

3. What is Nikola Tesla's first two-way radio controlled object?
(a) Trolley.
(b) Boat.
(c) Car.
(d) Antenna.

4. How many volts are Nikola Tesla's coils producing when he asks Leonard Curtis to find him a new laboratory?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 4,500,000.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 4,000,000.

5. What is the Tesla coil?
(a) A radio wave.
(b) An electromagnetic force.
(c) A high frequency transmitter.
(d) A vacuum tube.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine carries two of Nikola Tesla's designs: extracting electricity from seawater and plans for a geothermal steam plant?

2. On what invention does Nikola Tesla claim he is working?

3. Who backs out of his commitment for further investment in Wardenclyffe?

4. What do scientists and engineers worldwide do for Nikola Tesla's 75th birthday?

5. in 1902, what engineer supports the work Nikola Tesla is doing?

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