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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
2. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?
3. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
4. In what country is Nikola Tesla born?
5. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What are the six fundamental principles of modern radio, and where does Nikola Tesla demonstrate them in 1893?
3. In Chapter 4, "At the Court of Mr. Edison," describe the personality differences between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.
4. In Chapter 5, "The War of the Currents Begins," why is Nikola Tesla depressed at age thirty?
5. In Chapter 12, "Robots," why does Nikola Tesla have challenges moving his inventions from his laboratory into working prototypes?
6. In Chapter 3, "Immigrants of Distinction," describe the influence that Charles Bachelor has on Nikola Tesla.
7. In Chapter 4, "At the Court of Mr. Edison," why is the early relationship between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison strained?
8. In Chapter 2, "A Gambling Man," why does Nikola Tesla feel disappointed for his mother?
9. Describe three elements of the friendship between Nikola Tesla and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Johnson.
10. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," what practical applications do Nikola Tesla's inventions have?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
For a period in Nikola Tesla's life, he becomes quite secretive about more than surface details of his inventions. In his seventies, he announces earth-shattering inventions and makes numerous prophecies. To what do you attribute these changes? Why is Nikola suddenly willing to take risks again after so many years? How much of this change can be attributed to the interest shown to him by Kenneth Swezey?
Essay Topic 2
It seems that no matter how Nikola approaches the "selling" of his ideas, he never achieves his stated or promised goals. Provide five reasons for this. Which is his biggest obstacle, and why?
Essay Topic 3
Nikola's expresses two goals for his move to Colorado Springs -- to beat Marconi with a wireless system, and to transmit energy plentifully and cheaply around the Earth. There is no documented information to support research for either of these goals. Although Nikola is satisfied himself that he can make lightning dance and has received messages from outside the earth's atmosphere, he has failed in his attempt to reach both of his stated goals. Explain the reasons for the failure and his eventual departure from Colorado Springs. What, if anything has he learned that may help him do things differently back in New York?
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