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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. On what invention does Nikola Tesla claim he is working?
(a) A new remote controlled boat.
(b) A new electronic dynamo for AC power.
(c) A new type of electric generation tube.
(d) A new form of atomic energy.

2. What is George Sylvester Viereck's vocation?
(a) A poet.
(b) A politician.
(c) A scientist.
(d) An engineer.

3. in 1902, what engineer supports the work Nikola Tesla is doing?
(a) Julian Hawthorne.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Fritz Lowenstein.
(d) Lord Kelvin.

4. In what year is the Wardenclyffe tower blown up?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1917.

5. Where are the plans for Nikola Tesla's "aeromobile"?
(a) The Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.
(b) The Museum of Natural History.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Tate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides being an inventor, for what other role is Nikola Tesla known?

2. Who funds Nikola Tesla's big Long Island experiment?

3. In what year does the Luftwaffe bomb Belgrade?

4. In what year is Yugoslavia formed?

5. In 1906, what type of model does Nikola Tesla build?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After 1915, why does Nikola work for two companies as described in Chapter 20, "Flying Stove"?

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

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

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

6. Why does Nikola care for pigeons in Chapter 23, "Pigeons"?

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

8. What mistake does Nikola make when proposing his process for degassifying copper to the American Smelting and Refining Company?

9. In the face of what is termed the 1903 "Rich Man's Panic," how does Scherff advise Nikola Tesla to leverage one of his inventions to raise funds?

10. In Chapter 27, "Cosmic Communion," for what purpose does Nikola Tesla use his birthday parties during his eightieth decade?

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