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

2. In how many days does Nikola Tesla think the turbine can drive ocean liners across the Atlantic?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 6 days.

3. Besides being an inventor, for what other role is Nikola Tesla known?
(a) Financier.
(b) Publicist.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Writer.

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

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

6. How is Nikola Tesla planning to use the Tesla turbine engine?
(a) To generate electricity.
(b) In a box-like flivver airplane.
(c) To create man-made lightning.
(d) For radio broadcasting.

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

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

9. Where does Nikola Tesla go to create new inventions right after the Edison Medal event?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) London.

10. Who arranges a party for Nikola Tesla's 75th birthday in 1931?
(a) Scherff.
(b) His secretaries.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) Swezey.

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

12. Who arrives in America from Europe and becomes a minister of the new Tito government?
(a) Nikola Tesla's cousin.
(b) Nikola Tesla's best friend.
(c) Nikola Tesla's sister.
(d) Nikola Tesla's nephew.

13. What is being manufactured at Wardenclyffe?
(a) Medical coils.
(b) Radios.
(c) Copper button lamps.
(d) Lightning generators.

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

15. What company refuses to entertain any of Nikola Tesla's proposals in 1920?
(a) The Westinghouse Company.
(b) Edison Electric Company.
(c) General Electric Company.
(d) RCA.

Short Answer Questions

1. At how many revolutions per minute does the Tesla turbine run?

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla finally sue Marconi?

3. For what publication does Nikola Tesla write about women's superiority?

4. What influences does Nikola Tesla believe will compromise the religion of the human race in the year 2100?

5. In what year does Katherine Johnson die?

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