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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Nikola Tesla choose room 207 at the Alta Vista Hotel?
(a) The number 207 reminds him of his mother.
(b) The number 207 is divisible by three and one flight up.
(c) It has a window.
(d) It is the only room available.

3. In what subject does Nikola Tesla excel in high school?
(a) Math.
(b) Science.
(c) Art.
(d) Social studies.

4. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?
(a) In the doorway of the laboratory.
(b) Outside.
(c) A chair in the middle of the room.
(d) Next to the switch.

5. To what author is Nikola Tesla introduced while ill as a child?
(a) Robert Browning.
(b) Herman Melville.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Mark Twain.

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

7. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Radio waves.
(c) Atoms.
(d) Sun.

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

9. 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.

10. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet six inches.
(b) Six feet four inches.
(c) Six feet.
(d) Five feet two inches.

11. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?
(a) Earthquake.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Windstorm.

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

13. What is the Tesla coil?
(a) An electromagnetic force.
(b) A high frequency transmitter.
(c) A radio wave.
(d) A vacuum tube.

14. How does Nikola Tesla feel when he sees his experiment in progress?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Scared.
(c) Blissful.
(d) Excited.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does Nikola Tesla's father expect him to follow?

2. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?

3. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?

4. What does Nikola Tesla believe is the greatest benefit of robots?

5. What happens when Nikola Tesla visits an official in Washington to offer a robotic invention to the government?

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