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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 event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?
(a) The Chicago World's Fair.
(b) The World Congress.
(c) A scientists' meeting in London.
(d) A bad radio experiment.

2. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet.
(b) Six feet four inches.
(c) Six feet six inches.
(d) Five feet two inches.

3. For what patent does Nikola Tesla file in 1898?
(a) Radio remote control for use in guided vehicles.
(b) Radio remote control for use in his laboratory.
(c) Radio transistors.
(d) An alternating current engine for an automobile.

4. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1890.

5. In the year 1888, who buys Nikola Tesla's patents to use in his electric company?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Dr. B.A. Behrend.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) George Westinghouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to a celebration at the Waldorf in 1898?

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

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

4. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?

5. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What invention does Nikola claim to be useful to send signals to Mars, and why is this possible?

3. In Chapter 9, "High Road, Low Road," Nikola Tesla focuses on the use of alternating current for electricity generation, while his competitor Thomas Edison refuses to endorse anything but direct current. How is the electricity generation business divided in the mid-1890s in Buffalo?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 10, "An Error in Judgment," describe three reasons why Nikola is almost destitute financially.

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