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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who asks Nikola Tesla to accept the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?
(a) George Westinghouse.
(b) B. A. Behrend.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Robert Underwood Johnson.

3. To what periodical does Nikola Tesla write in defense of King Alexander?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Daily News.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The Post.

4. After J. Pierpont Morgan dies in 1913, from whom does Nikola Tesla try to get investment funding?
(a) Scherff.
(b) J. P. Morgan.
(c) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(d) Robert Underwood Johnson.

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

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

7. In what year is Nikola Tesla summoned to court for failure to pay his takes in New York City?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1914.

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

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

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

11. What does Nikola Tesla need now to capitalize on his 1906 invention?
(a) Capital.
(b) A business manager.
(c) Inventory.
(d) A manufacturing plant.

12. Who uses Nikola Tesla's 1900 radio patent to signal the letter "S" across the Atlantic ocean?
(a) Marconi.
(b) Scherff.
(c) Westinghouse.
(d) Edison.

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

14. What does Nikola Tesla do during the Edison Medal presentation ceremony?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Collapse.
(d) Dance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what experiment does Nikola Tesla solicit funding in New York in 1900?

2. What is being manufactured at Wardenclyffe?

3. Who broadcasts voice and music programs in 1906 and 1907 based on Nikola Tesla's radio design and principles?

4. What name does Nikola Tesla call Marconi?

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

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