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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?
(a) The International Congress.
(b) The Electrical Congress.
(c) The engineers at the Chicago World's Fair.
(d) The United States Congress.

2. After World War II, much of Nikola Tesla's library materials are shipped where?
(a) London, England.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Chicago.

4. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?
(a) The Tesla arc lamp.
(b) A DC motor.
(c) A new light bulb.
(d) A new generator.

5. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?
(a) A DC motor.
(b) A pulley motor.
(c) An AC motor.
(d) A gas powered motor.

6. What personality difference jeopardizes the relationship between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla?
(a) They have different religious beliefs.
(b) They have different schedules.
(c) They have different hygiene.
(d) They solve problems differently.

7. 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.

8. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?
(a) Munich.
(b) Graz.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Prague.

9. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1855.

10. With what planet does Nikola Tesla say communication can be made?
(a) Venus.
(b) Uranus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mars.

11. 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.

12. What happens to horses when Nikola Tesla is running his Colorado Springs experiments?
(a) They starve.
(b) They return to the barn.
(c) They go berserk, feeling shocks through their metal shoes.
(d) They die.

13. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?
(a) Turns it up.
(b) Turns it off.
(c) Oils it.
(d) Smashes it.

14. In what field does Nikola Tesla pioneer inventions while the Nobel Prize goes to three others?
(a) Radar.
(b) Wireless technology.
(c) The radio.
(d) The transistor.

15. At what game does Nikola Tesla become skilled?
(a) Horseshoes.
(b) Billiards.
(c) Chess.
(d) Polo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?

3. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?

4. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?

5. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?

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