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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Nikola Tesla's 1906 invention weigh?
(a) Less than 10 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) Less than 20 pounds.
(d) Between 30 and 40 pounds.

2. To which fellow New Yorker does Nikola Tesla pay back old debts?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) George Westinghouse.

3. What does Nikola Tesla believe about life on other planets?
(a) It is a certitude.
(b) It may exist on Jupiter.
(c) It does not exist on Venus.
(d) It is a possibility.

4. After Mark Twain and J. Pierpont Morgan die, what happens to Nikola Tesla's behavior?
(a) It becomes stranger.
(b) It becomes depressing.
(c) It becomes more upbeat.
(d) It becomes erratic.

5. Who backs out of his commitment for further investment in Wardenclyffe?
(a) The Navy.
(b) Katherine Johnson.
(c) Scherff.
(d) J. Pierpont Morgan.

6. Where does Nikola Tesla maintain a laboratory for turbine work?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Newark, New Jersey.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Bridgeport, Connecticut.

7. In what year does Nikola Tesla become very feeble?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1944.

8. In what year do Nikola Tesla's friends Hobson and Johnson die?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1935.

9. What is the location of the tower that Nikola Tesla builds for his experiment on Long Island?
(a) Wardenclyffe.
(b) Oyster Point.
(c) The Hamptons.
(d) Shoreham.

10. On what invention does Nikola Tesla claim he is working?
(a) A new type of electric generation tube.
(b) A new electronic dynamo for AC power.
(c) A new form of atomic energy.
(d) A new remote controlled boat.

11. in 1902, what engineer supports the work Nikola Tesla is doing?
(a) Lord Kelvin.
(b) Julian Hawthorne.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Fritz Lowenstein.

12. Where does Nikola Tesla spend time feeding pigeons?
(a) Riverside Drive Park.
(b) Union Square Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Bryant Park.

13. Whom does Lt. Hobson try to interest in robotry as a way to raise funds for Nikola Tesla?
(a) The Coast Guard.
(b) The Navy.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Army.

14. Who tries to learn the secret of animosity between Nikola Tesla and professor Pupin?
(a) Scherff.
(b) Katherine Johnson.
(c) Dragislav L. Petkovic.
(d) George Westinghouse.

15. In 1927, who tries to help Nikola Tesla with the promotion of a scientific concept?
(a) Francis A. Fitzgerald.
(b) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(c) Scherff.
(d) Robert Underwood Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1915, who builds a radio station for the U.S. Naval Radio Service?

2. What happens to patents filed by Nikola Tesla in 1922?

3. In what year is Yugoslavia formed?

4. What is rumored to have been developed in 1924 by Nikola Tesla?

5. In what year does Nikola Tesla turn 80?

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