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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. What trait is suspected by some about Nikola Tesla during the Gilded Age?
(a) He is bipolar.
(b) He is passive aggressive.
(c) He is a homosexual.
(d) He is a virgin.

2. From what financier does Nikola Tesla choose NOT to accept funds?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(c) George Westinghouse.
(d) J. Pierpont Morgan.

3. What does Nikola Tesla do during the Edison Medal presentation ceremony?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Dance.
(c) Collapse.
(d) Disappear.

4. In 1906, what type of model does Nikola Tesla build?
(a) A new lightning machine.
(b) A magnesium copper lamp.
(c) A bladeless turbine.
(d) A new AC dynamo.

5. Who funds Nikola Tesla's big Long Island experiment?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(c) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(d) George Westinghouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Nikola Tesla propose the use of radar?

2. What is Charles Hausler's job for Nikola Tesla?

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

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

5. How much capital funded the incorporation of the Tesla Ozone Company?

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