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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Nikola Tesla perform a major experiment in his Colorado Springs laboratory?
(a) August 5, 1899.
(b) June 27, 1899.
(c) July 3, 1899.
(d) September 1, 1899.

2. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1857.

3. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?
(a) He fixes a ship's lighting plant.
(b) He improves Edison's laboratory.
(c) He invents new types of light bulbs.
(d) He improves direct current.

4. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?
(a) Turns it up.
(b) Smashes it.
(c) Oils it.
(d) Turns it off.

5. Where does Charles Batchelor encourage Nikola Tesla to go?
(a) To America.
(b) To London.
(c) To Paris.
(d) To Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reward does Thomas Edison offer Nikola Tesla for completing the work with the dynamo?

2. Who contributed $30,000 toward the building of the new research station?

3. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?

4. Why does Nikola Tesla choose room 207 at the Alta Vista Hotel?

5. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nikola out in Colorado keep Scherff motivated while working at the laboratory back in New York?

2. In Chapter 13, "Hurler of Lightning," what are some of the effects of Nikola Tesla's experiments with the magnifying oscillator in Colorado Springs?

3. In Chapter 7, "Radio," why does Nikola Tesla feel the need to go home?

4. In Chapter 12, "Robots," why does Nikola Tesla have challenges moving his inventions from his laboratory into working prototypes?

5. In Chapter 3, "Immigrants of Distinction," describe the influence that Charles Bachelor has on Nikola Tesla.

6. Nikola's demonstration of the world's first radio-controlled boat doesn't make a big splash. Why is this?

7. In Chapter 5, "The War of the Currents Begins," why is Nikola Tesla depressed at age thirty?

8. In Chapter 11, "To Mars," what patents does Nikola file in November, 1897, and what application do they potentially support?

9. Describe three elements of the friendship between Nikola Tesla and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Johnson.

10. In Chapter 2, "A Gambling Man," why does Nikola Tesla feel disappointed for his mother?

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