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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. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?
(a) D. McFarlan Moore.
(b) Gano Dunn.
(c) Leland Anderson.
(d) Louis Cohen.
2. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?
(a) The Thomas Edisons.
(b) The George Westinghouses.
(c) The Thomas Commerfod Martins.
(d) The Robert Underwood Johnsons.
3. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?
(a) Atoms.
(b) Sun.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Radio waves.
4. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?
(a) He improves direct current.
(b) He improves Edison's laboratory.
(c) He invents new types of light bulbs.
(d) He fixes a ship's lighting plant.
5. What accomplishment occurs at Niagara Falls in 1895?
(a) Electrical lines are strung over the falls.
(b) GE delivers electricity first.
(c) George Westinghouse begins a new company.
(d) Westinghouse is ready to deliver 15,000 horsepower of electricity.
Short Answer Questions
1. By 1981, how many patents does Nikola Tesla get for AC electric systems?
2. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?
3. What does Thomas Edison do to try to quash the acquisition of Nikola Tesla's invention?
4. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?
5. After World War II, much of Nikola Tesla's library materials are shipped where?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 2, "A Gambling Man," why does Nikola Tesla feel disappointed for his mother?
2. From the book's Introduction, why does Nikola Tesla maintain an intensely private life?
3. In Chapter 5, "The War of the Currents Begins," describe several events that demonstrate that Nikola Tesla's notoriety is growing.
4. In Chapter 13, "Hurler of Lightning," what are some of the effects of Nikola Tesla's experiments with the magnifying oscillator in Colorado Springs?
5. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," Nikola Tesla develops what he calls a carbon button lamp. For what later device does the lamp serve as a prototype?
6. Nikola's demonstration of the world's first radio-controlled boat doesn't make a big splash. Why is this?
7. What invention does Nikola claim to be useful to send signals to Mars, and why is this possible?
8. In Chapter 1, "Modern Prometheus," what is the result of Nikola Tesla's fireball demonstration for Mark Twain and several other contemporaries?
9. In Chapter 11, "To Mars," what patents does Nikola file in November, 1897, and what application do they potentially support?
10. In Chapter 4, "At the Court of Mr. Edison," describe the personality differences between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.
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