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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. Where is the Palm Room?
(a) In the Plaza Hotel.
(b) In the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
(c) In the St. Regis Hotel.
(d) In the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

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

3. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Radio waves.
(c) Sun.
(d) Atoms.

4. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?
(a) Leland Anderson.
(b) Gano Dunn.
(c) Louis Cohen.
(d) D. McFarlan Moore.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?

3. In Chapter 13, what is the invention that most fascinates Nikola Tesla followers?

4. What does Nikola Tesla ask Westinghouse to do with their royalties agreement?

5. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, "Modern Prometheus," what is the result of Nikola Tesla's fireball demonstration for Mark Twain and several other contemporaries?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 14, "Blackout at Colorado Springs," what factors contribute to the failure of Nikola Tesla's Colorado Springs laboratory?

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