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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. For what experiment does Nikola Tesla solicit funding in New York in 1900?

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

3. What is the location of the tower that Nikola Tesla builds for his experiment on Long Island?

4. With whom does the New York Times suggest that Nikola Tesla will share the 1915 Nobel Prize in physics?

5. How is Nikola Tesla planning to use the Tesla turbine engine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What influence does Nikola have on some Canadians with respect to wireless electric power generation?

2. What do Nikola and Ivan Mestrovic have in common, and how do they leverage those commonalities?

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

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

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

6. Describe why Nikola, now in his fifties, aggrandizes his theories and projects to others.

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

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

9. In Chapter 26, "Corks on Water," explain why J.P. Morgan will not invest in proposals Nikola Tesla makes after the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

10. In Chapter 15, "Magnificent and Doomed," what trickery does Nikola Tesla use in pictures in a published article to give the impression that he is impervious to the lighting generated at his Colorado Springs laboratory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During his life, Nikola makes many claims regarding the invention of devices designed to protect America during wartime. After his death in 1943, several people attempt to find his research papers, fearing that they may have fallen into the hands of other countries. Based on what you learned about Nikola Tesla in this book, do you think he actually completed any of these projects? Do you believe that he may have provided this information to any other countries, especially given the reluctance of the U.S. government to further them? State and justify your position with examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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