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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's 81st birthday bring him?
(a) A new secretary.
(b) More international recognition.
(c) A new laboratory.
(d) More funding for research.

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla file a patent to describe the supercooling of conductors to appreciably lower resistance?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1900.

3. For what invention is the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics given?
(a) The invention of radio.
(b) The creation of man-made lightning.
(c) The use of X-rays to determine the structure of crystals.
(d) The copper button lamp.

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

5. In what year does Nikola Tesla turn 80?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1938.

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

7. What name does Nikola Tesla call Marconi?
(a) Horse.
(b) Donkey.
(c) Dog.
(d) Elephant.

8. Why does Nikola Tesla wish to reject the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?
(a) It opens old wounds of his wars with Edison.
(b) He doesn't have a new invention to justify the award.
(c) He doesn't need the publicity.
(d) It doesn't bring him funding.

9. What New York establishment drops Nikola Tesla's membership for non-payment of bills?
(a) The Regency Room.
(b) The Palms.
(c) The Players' Club.
(d) The Russian Tea Room.

10. To where does Nikola Tesla begin to write letters at age fifty?
(a) Television.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Radio.
(d) Magazines.

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

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

13. What is Charles Hausler's job for Nikola Tesla?
(a) To file his invention papers.
(b) To bring him meals.
(c) To feed and take care of the birds.
(d) To pay his taxes.

14. Who broadcasts voice and music programs in 1906 and 1907 based on Nikola Tesla's radio design and principles?
(a) William Marconi.
(b) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(c) Professor Pupin.
(d) Reginald A. Fessenden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to learn the secret of animosity between Nikola Tesla and professor Pupin?

2. In what year does the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the Marconi Company patents for the invention of radio?

3. What company refuses to entertain any of Nikola Tesla's proposals in 1920?

4. In what year is the Wardenclyffe tower blown up?

5. Who asks Nikola Tesla to accept the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?

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