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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what year does Nikola Tesla finally sue Marconi?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1917.

6. What hotel is Nikola Tesla told to vacate in part because of his birds?
(a) The St. Regis.
(b) The Park.
(c) The Waldorf.
(d) The Regency.

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

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

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

10. In what year does Katherine Johnson die?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1923.

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

12. How does Nikola Tesla have photographs produced of the Colorado Springs lightning experiment?
(a) Using time exposures.
(b) Using artistic enhancement.
(c) Using plates.
(d) Using negatives.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Nikola Tesla file a patent to describe the supercooling of conductors to appreciably lower resistance?

2. What are the descendants of the Tesla flivver airplane?

3. What does Nikola Tesla believe about life on other planets?

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

5. Why does Nikola Tesla ignore the NRC mission of finding a way to detect U-Boats?

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