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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. With what planet does Nikola Tesla say communication can be made?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Uranus.
(c) Mars.
(d) Venus.
2. What is the Tesla coil?
(a) A vacuum tube.
(b) A radio wave.
(c) A high frequency transmitter.
(d) An electromagnetic force.
3. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?
(a) He is fine.
(b) He shudders.
(c) He is burned.
(d) He loses consciousness.
4. In Chapter 13, what is the invention that most fascinates Nikola Tesla followers?
(a) The valve.
(b) The remote controlled ship.
(c) The transmitter.
(d) The Copper Button Lamp.
5. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?
(a) A scientists' meeting in London.
(b) A bad radio experiment.
(c) The World Congress.
(d) The Chicago World's Fair.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to the electric company generator when Nikola Tesla runs his experiment?
2. How does Nikola Tesla sometimes feel because he has not married?
3. What type of electrical service does Thomas Edison supply to people?
4. Where is the Palm Room?
5. Why is Nikola Tesla's vacuum tube unsuitable for laboratory research?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 12, "Robots," why does Nikola Tesla have challenges moving his inventions from his laboratory into working prototypes?
2. In Chapter 7, "Radio," why does Nikola Tesla feel the need to go home?
3. In Chapter 11, "To Mars," what patents does Nikola file in November, 1897, and what application do they potentially support?
4. In Chapter 10, "An Error in Judgment," describe three reasons why Nikola is almost destitute financially.
5. In Chapter 2, "A Gambling Man," why does Nikola Tesla feel disappointed for his mother?
6. In the "Acknowledgements" section, describe the reasons Leland Anderson is interested in Nikola Tesla.
7. Nikola's demonstration of the world's first radio-controlled boat doesn't make a big splash. Why is this?
8. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," what practical applications do Nikola Tesla's inventions have?
9. In Chapter 5, "The War of the Currents Begins," why is Nikola Tesla depressed at age thirty?
10. What invention does Nikola claim to be useful to send signals to Mars, and why is this possible?
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