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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 send through neighboring buildings?
(a) Vibrations.
(b) Water.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Electricity.
2. Why does Nikola Tesla choose room 207 at the Alta Vista Hotel?
(a) It has a window.
(b) The number 207 is divisible by three and one flight up.
(c) It is the only room available.
(d) The number 207 reminds him of his mother.
3. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Earthquake.
(c) Windstorm.
(d) Thunder.
4. What happens when Nikola Tesla visits an official in Washington to offer a robotic invention to the government?
(a) The official asks for more research.
(b) The official laughs at Nikola Tesla.
(c) The official accepts the research.
(d) The official tells him someone already approached the government.
5. How does Nikola Tesla sometimes feel because he has not married?
(a) Elusive.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Happy.
(d) Frustrated.
6. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?
(a) Munich.
(b) Prague.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Graz.
7. To what author is Nikola Tesla introduced while ill as a child?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(c) Herman Melville.
(d) Robert Browning.
8. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?
(a) The Robert Underwood Johnsons.
(b) The Thomas Commerfod Martins.
(c) The Thomas Edisons.
(d) The George Westinghouses.
9. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Chicago.
10. What profession does Nikola Tesla's father expect him to follow?
(a) Clergyman.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Policeman.
11. In Chapter 13, what is the invention that most fascinates Nikola Tesla followers?
(a) The valve.
(b) The remote controlled ship.
(c) The Copper Button Lamp.
(d) The transmitter.
12. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?
(a) The Electrical Times.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Electrical Review.
13. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?
(a) He has a newspaper reporter write about them.
(b) He sends out letters to the scientists.
(c) He publishes articles in magazines.
(d) He conducts lectures with demonstrations.
14. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?
(a) A DC motor.
(b) A new generator.
(c) A new light bulb.
(d) The Tesla arc lamp.
15. Where does Charles Batchelor encourage Nikola Tesla to go?
(a) To America.
(b) To Paris.
(c) To London.
(d) To Munich.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the Tesla coil?
2. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?
3. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?
4. For what patent does Nikola Tesla file in 1898?
5. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
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