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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?
(a) He is burned.
(b) He shudders.
(c) He loses consciousness.
(d) He is fine.

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

3. Who contributed $30,000 toward the building of the new research station?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) John Jacob Astor.
(c) Simpson and Crawford.
(d) Leonard Curtis.

4. What type of electrical service does Thomas Edison supply to people?
(a) Indirect current.
(b) Direct current.
(c) Alternating current.
(d) Hydroelectric current.

5. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?
(a) Munich.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Prague.
(d) Budapest.

6. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?
(a) The Chicago World's Fair.
(b) The World Congress.
(c) A scientists' meeting in London.
(d) A bad radio experiment.

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

8. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?
(a) A vacuum engine.
(b) A solar engine.
(c) A water engine.
(d) A steam driven engine.

9. In the early 1900s, from what illness does Nikola Tesla suffer?
(a) Depression.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Amnesia.
(d) Pneumonia.

10. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?
(a) Stationary waves.
(b) Nuclear power.
(c) Remote electricity.
(d) Stationary pulses.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?

2. By 1981, how many patents does Nikola Tesla get for AC electric systems?

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

4. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?

5. When does Nikola Tesla perform a major experiment in his Colorado Springs laboratory?

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