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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. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?
(a) DC system.
(b) Polyphase system.
(c) Fluorescent bulb system.
(d) Voltage system.

2. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to a celebration at the Waldorf in 1898?
(a) Marguerite.
(b) The Edisons.
(c) The Johnsons.
(d) The Westinghouses.

3. What is Nikola Tesla's first two-way radio controlled object?
(a) Antenna.
(b) Boat.
(c) Trolley.
(d) Car.

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

5. What profession does Nikola Tesla's father expect him to follow?
(a) Clergyman.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Palm Room?

2. In what country is Nikola Tesla born?

3. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?

4. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?

5. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Nikola Tesla become a regular patron at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City in Chapter 8, "High Society"?

3. 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?

4. What contributions does Nikola believe he has made to science as a result of his magnifying oscillator experiments in Colorado Springs?

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

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

7. In Chapter 4, "At the Court of Mr. Edison," why is the early relationship between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison strained?

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

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

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

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