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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?
(a) Oils it.
(b) Turns it off.
(c) Turns it up.
(d) Smashes it.
2. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?
(a) It is made larger.
(b) It catches fire.
(c) It is robbed.
(d) It is raided by police.
3. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to a celebration at the Waldorf in 1898?
(a) The Johnsons.
(b) The Westinghouses.
(c) Marguerite.
(d) The Edisons.
4. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?
(a) A bad radio experiment.
(b) The World Congress.
(c) The Chicago World's Fair.
(d) A scientists' meeting in London.
5. When does Nikola Tesla perform a major experiment in his Colorado Springs laboratory?
(a) September 1, 1899.
(b) July 3, 1899.
(c) June 27, 1899.
(d) August 5, 1899.
6. Who contributed $30,000 toward the building of the new research station?
(a) John Jacob Astor.
(b) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(c) Simpson and Crawford.
(d) Leonard Curtis.
7. What happens when Nikola Tesla visits an official in Washington to offer a robotic invention to the government?
(a) The official tells him someone already approached the government.
(b) The official accepts the research.
(c) The official laughs at Nikola Tesla.
(d) The official asks for more research.
8. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?
(a) He improves Edison's laboratory.
(b) He fixes a ship's lighting plant.
(c) He improves direct current.
(d) He invents new types of light bulbs.
9. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?
(a) Sun.
(b) Atoms.
(c) Radio waves.
(d) Radiation.
10. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?
(a) In the doorway of the laboratory.
(b) A chair in the middle of the room.
(c) Outside.
(d) Next to the switch.
11. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?
(a) A pulley motor.
(b) A DC motor.
(c) A gas powered motor.
(d) An AC motor.
12. In the year 1888, who buys Nikola Tesla's patents to use in his electric company?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) George Westinghouse.
(d) Dr. B.A. Behrend.
13. With what planet does Nikola Tesla say communication can be made?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mars.
14. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?
(a) Physics.
(b) Nuclear fission.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Electricity.
15. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Thunder.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Windstorm.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Nikola Tesla's first two-way radio controlled object?
2. In Chapter 13, what is the invention that most fascinates Nikola Tesla followers?
3. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?
4. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?
5. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?
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