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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 type of weapon does Nikola envision in his conversations with Viereck?
(a) A guided missile.
(b) An apparatus that projects charged particles.
(c) A nuclear submarine.
(d) A death ray gun.

2. On what is Nikola Tesla working around the time of his 75th birthday?
(a) A new source of power.
(b) A stronger oscillator.
(c) A new lighting generation machine.
(d) A more powerful coil.

3. In what year does the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1930.

4. What do scientists and engineers worldwide do for Nikola Tesla's 75th birthday?
(a) Send gifts.
(b) Write letters and tributes.
(c) Publish his articles.
(d) Attend his party.

5. On how many new inventions does Nikola Tesla say Teleforce is based?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Nikola Tesla propose the use of radar?

2. Who writes letters to Nikola Tesla from around the country, trying to encourage him about better health?

3. Where does Nikola Tesla maintain a laboratory for turbine work?

4. Why is Nikola Tesla never sure what day to celebrate for his birthday?

5. Who arranges a party for Nikola Tesla's 75th birthday in 1931?

Short Essay Questions

1. As described in Chapter 28, "Death and Transfiguration," why is Nikola Tesla caught in the middle of politics with regard to the role of Yugoslavia in World War II?

2. What is different about Nikola's flivver airplane, or flying stove, and other existing aircraft?

3. What happens when the New York Times publishes a story indicating that Tesla and Edison will receive a Nobel Prize in physics?

4. Whom does Nikola approach for funding for his system to broadcast all wavelength channels from a single station, and why is this person his choice?

5. What role does the National Research Council have in preventing Nikola from getting his ideas listened to?

6. Why is there conflicting information about Nikola Tesla's invention of a "Chinese Wall" in the U.S. of Teleforce?

7. What use does Nikola describe for radar in Chapter 21, "Radar"?

8. Why is Nikola Tesla constantly passed over for fame and fortune for his inventions, especially radio?

9. In Chapter 25, "The Birthday Parties," how does Kenneth Swezey make Nikola's seventy-fifth birthday memorable?

10. In Chapter 16,"Ridiculed, Condemned, Combated," what project is responsible for Nikola Tesla getting little sleep?

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