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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. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?

2. How does Thomas Edison use electrocution as a political weapon?

3. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?

4. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?

5. What is the Tesla coil?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Nikola's demonstration of the world's first radio-controlled boat doesn't make a big splash. Why is this?

3. What are the six fundamental principles of modern radio, and where does Nikola Tesla demonstrate them in 1893?

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

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

6. 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?

7. In Chapter 11, "To Mars," what patents does Nikola file in November, 1897, and what application do they potentially support?

8. In the "Acknowledgements" section, describe the reasons Leland Anderson is interested in Nikola Tesla.

9. In Chapter 10, "An Error in Judgment," describe three reasons why Nikola is almost destitute financially.

10. In Chapter 4, "At the Court of Mr. Edison," why is the early relationship between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison strained?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While Nikola is assembling his ambitious Wardenclyffe facility to broadcast radio across the Atlantic ocean, Marconi signals the letter "S" across the Atlantic from Cornwall to Newfoundland without the benefit of a great physical plant such as Nikola is building. J.P. Morgan, his financier, takes note. Compare and contrast the overall method of Marconi and Nikola in achieving this goal. Provide your opinion about the ethics involved in Marconi's use of Nikola's original radio patent of 1900 in order to achieve this feat. Why does Nikola allow people to keep beating him at his own game?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss two or three things that you learned as a result of reading this book -- and from all of the class and homework learning experiences. Explain the importance of what you learned in each case, and why your new knowledge might make you a different or better person as you grow older.

Essay Topic 3

The tragic death of Nikola Tesla's older brother Daniel impacts Nikola Tesla at a very early age.

Part 1) Discuss how the loss of Nikola's brother Daniel leads to problems of self-confidence for Nikola.

Part 2) How does Daniel's death later impact Nikola Tesla's ability to be more successful and productive in his science career in America.

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