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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the descendants of the Tesla flivver airplane?
(a) Vertical Takeoff and Landing craft.
(b) Gliders.
(c) Helicopters.
(d) Bombers.

5. In 1906, what type of model does Nikola Tesla build?
(a) A bladeless turbine.
(b) A new AC dynamo.
(c) A magnesium copper lamp.
(d) A new lightning machine.

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

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

8. Who writes letters to Nikola Tesla from around the country, trying to encourage him about better health?
(a) Katherine Johnson.
(b) Lt. Hobson.
(c) Scherff.
(d) George Westinghouse.

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

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

11. With whom does the New York Times suggest that Nikola Tesla will share the 1915 Nobel Prize in physics?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(c) Scherff.
(d) George Westinghouse.

12. What type of weapon does Nikola envision in his conversations with Viereck?
(a) A guided missile.
(b) A nuclear submarine.
(c) An apparatus that projects charged particles.
(d) A death ray gun.

13. Who finds Nikola Tesla dead in his bed on January 8?
(a) A hotel maid.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) H.W. Wembley.
(d) Scherff.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the location of the tower that Nikola Tesla builds for his experiment on Long Island?

3. What is Charles Hausler's job for Nikola Tesla?

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

5. Why does Nikola Tesla wish to reject the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?

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