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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On how many new inventions does Nikola Tesla say Teleforce is based?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. Why is Nikola Tesla never sure what day to celebrate for his birthday?
(a) He has no birth certificate.
(b) He is born at midnight.
(c) He isn't told his birthday.
(d) He cannot remember his birthday.

3. In 1915, who builds a radio station for the U.S. Naval Radio Service?
(a) A French firm.
(b) A Serbian firm.
(c) A German firm.
(d) A British firm.

4. With what bird is Nikola Tesla enamored?
(a) Blue jay.
(b) Robin.
(c) Swallow.
(d) Pigeon.

5. At how many revolutions per minute does the Tesla turbine run?
(a) 35,000 RPM.
(b) 30,000 RPM.
(c) 40,000 RPM.
(d) 37,500 RPM.

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

7. For what purpose does Nikola Tesla propose the use of radar?
(a) To monitor automobile traffic.
(b) To set a sighting on a ship.
(c) To pinpoint where airplanes are in the sky.
(d) To locate a hidden submarine.

8. What magazine carries two of Nikola Tesla's designs: extracting electricity from seawater and plans for a geothermal steam plant?
(a) Everyday Science & Mechanics.
(b) Discovery.
(c) Popular Science.
(d) Scientific American.

9. Who funds Nikola Tesla's big Long Island experiment?
(a) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(b) George Westinghouse.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) Mark Twain.

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

11. In what year is Yugoslavia formed?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1919.

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

13. In what year does the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1930.

14. What is rumored to have been developed in 1924 by Nikola Tesla?
(a) A death ray.
(b) A new oscillator.
(c) A warhead.
(d) A torpedo.

15. Where is the National Research Council formed?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) New York City.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. In how many days does Nikola Tesla think the turbine can drive ocean liners across the Atlantic?

2. How much does Nikola Tesla's 1906 invention weigh?

3. After Mark Twain and J. Pierpont Morgan die, what happens to Nikola Tesla's behavior?

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

5. What New York establishment drops Nikola Tesla's membership for non-payment of bills?

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