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

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

3. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?
(a) Electrical systems for ships.
(b) The electric light bulb.
(c) His direct current laboratory.
(d) His dynamos.

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

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

6. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?
(a) Physics.
(b) Thermodynamics.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Nuclear fission.

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

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

9. What does Nikola Tesla demonstrate with thousands of high-frequency volts running through his body?
(a) The light on Mars.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) A working model of the incandescent sun.
(d) A fluorescent light bulb.

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

11. 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 has a newspaper reporter write about them.
(c) He conducts lectures with demonstrations.
(d) He sends out letters to the scientists.

12. How many accidents does Nikola Tesla say he has in a year?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

14. With what device does Nikola Tesla achieve tensions of about one million volts?
(a) Spherical coil.
(b) Conical coil.
(c) Cylindrical coil.
(d) Linear coil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?

2. Where does Charles Batchelor encourage Nikola Tesla to go?

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

4. From what financier does Nikola Tesla choose NOT to accept funds?

5. For what patent does Nikola Tesla file in 1898?

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