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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are balloons ordered?
(a) To anchor the equipment.
(b) To celebrate the completion of an experiment.
(c) To hoist stationary antennae into the air.
(d) For the enjoyment of local children.

2. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?
(a) It is robbed.
(b) It is raided by police.
(c) It catches fire.
(d) It is made larger.

3. What does Nikola Tesla ask Westinghouse to do with their royalties agreement?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Tear it up.
(c) Split it.
(d) Double the value.

4. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?
(a) Form his own company.
(b) Buy Thomas Edison's company.
(c) Invest in other businesses.
(d) Travel in Europe.

5. In the year 1888, who buys Nikola Tesla's patents to use in his electric company?
(a) George Westinghouse.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Dr. B.A. Behrend.
(d) Mark Twain.

6. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?
(a) The Robert Underwood Johnsons.
(b) The George Westinghouses.
(c) The Thomas Edisons.
(d) The Thomas Commerfod Martins.

7. In what year does Ernest Orlando Lawrence win a Nobel prize for the cyclotron, a precursor of which Nikola Tesla exhibited?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1936.

8. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?
(a) Ruby-button lamp.
(b) Diamond-button lamp.
(c) Zirconia-button lamp.
(d) Carbon-button lamp.

9. How does Thomas Edison use electrocution as a political weapon?
(a) He sues Nikola Tesla for patent infringement.
(b) He electrocutes birds.
(c) He refers publicly to an electrocuted prisoner as being "Westinghoused."
(d) He publishes a newspaper article.

10. 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 publishes articles in magazines.
(b) He sends out letters to the scientists.
(c) He conducts lectures with demonstrations.
(d) He has a newspaper reporter write about them.

11. In Chapter 13, "Hurler of Lightning," to where does Nikola Tesla move in 1899?
(a) Denver.
(b) Boise.
(c) Colorado Springs.
(d) Phoenix.

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

13. In what country is Nikola Tesla born?
(a) Romania.
(b) Croatia.
(c) Serbia.
(d) Hungary.

14. What reward does Thomas Edison offer Nikola Tesla for completing the work with the dynamo?
(a) A $10/week raise.
(b) Stock in Thomas Edison's company.
(c) A $50,000 bonus.
(d) Vacation days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what field does Nikola Tesla pioneer inventions while the Nobel Prize goes to three others?

2. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?

3. Why is Nikola Tesla's vacuum tube unsuitable for laboratory research?

4. In what subject does Nikola Tesla excel in high school?

5. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?

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