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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. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1883.

2. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?
(a) Visiting his mother's grave.
(b) Doing research in Budapest.
(c) Touring Zagreb.
(d) Roaming in his native mountains.

3. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Munich.
(d) Prague.

4. Why does Nikola Tesla choose room 207 at the Alta Vista Hotel?
(a) It is the only room available.
(b) The number 207 is divisible by three and one flight up.
(c) The number 207 reminds him of his mother.
(d) It has a window.

5. Who contributed $30,000 toward the building of the new research station?
(a) Simpson and Crawford.
(b) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(c) Leonard Curtis.
(d) John Jacob Astor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?

3. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?

4. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?

5. What major German invention in 1896 is most likely predated by Nikola Tesla's version?

Short Essay Questions

1. Nikola produces the first x-ray picture in America. Why does he not commercialize this discovery?

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

3. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," what practical applications do Nikola Tesla's inventions have?

4. What potential modern applications does author Margaret Cheney describe for Nikola Tesla's invention of a peculiar and sensitive vacuum tube?

5. In Chapter 3, "Immigrants of Distinction," why is Nikola Tesla's invention of alternating current so important to the world?

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

7. What are the six fundamental principles of modern radio, and where does Nikola Tesla demonstrate them in 1893?

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

9. In the "Acknowledgements" section, describe the reasons Leland Anderson is interested in Nikola Tesla.

10. From the book's Introduction, why does Nikola Tesla maintain an intensely private life?

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