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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Eisenbud suggest about Nikola Tesla's mental condition?
(a) He is psychotic.
(b) He is obsessive compulsive.
(c) He is neurotic.
(d) He is schizophrenic.

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

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

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

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

7. On what does Nikola Tesla say that civilized nations would spend more on than war?
(a) Education.
(b) Health.
(c) Politics.
(d) Agriculture.

8. 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.

9. How old is writer Kenneth M. Swezey when he arrives in New York City?
(a) 20.
(b) 24.
(c) 15.
(d) 19.

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

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

12. What professor finds Nikola Tesla's ideas "thermodynamically sound"?
(a) Warren Rice.
(b) Adolph Slaby.
(c) Gustave Kolischer.
(d) Michael Reese.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What Supreme Court decision about Nikola Tesla's invention eight months after his death vindicates him?

2. What does Nikola Tesla do during the Edison Medal presentation ceremony?

3. What is being manufactured at Wardenclyffe?

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

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

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