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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. In what year is the Wardenclyffe tower blown up?
2. With what bird is Nikola Tesla enamored?
3. For what is Nikola Tesla singled out due to the role of Yugoslavia in the upcoming war?
4. In what decade is Prohibition enacted?
5. In what year is Nikola Tesla summoned to court for failure to pay his takes in New York City?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. What influence does Nikola have on some Canadians with respect to wireless electric power generation?
3. What mistake does Nikola make when proposing his process for degassifying copper to the American Smelting and Refining Company?
4. In Chapter 27, "Cosmic Communion," for what purpose does Nikola Tesla use his birthday parties during his eightieth decade?
5. 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?
6. In Chapter 19, "The Nobel Affair," for what two inventions does Nikola Tesla think he can collaborate with John Hays Hammond, Jr., and why?
7. 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?
8. In Chapter 16,"Ridiculed, Condemned, Combated," what project is responsible for Nikola Tesla getting little sleep?
9. What use does Nikola describe for radar in Chapter 21, "Radar"?
10. What happens when the New York Times publishes a story indicating that Tesla and Edison will receive a Nobel Prize in physics?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Nikola has nothing but disdain for Orville Wright's aircraft technology. Therefore, he invents his own "flying stove" using early vertical takeoff technology that is not patented until 1928, and not utilized by two companies until after 1950. What reasons can you give for why Nikola is not able to prototype or commercialize this technology? Do you think at least some of his resistance to Wright's aircraft is due to personal or intellectual arrogance? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 7, "Radio," Nikola Tesla encounters many obstacles that prevent him from focusing on his research with radio.
Part 1) Briefly describe his main distractions and identify which distractions present the greatest obstacles to his success.
Part 2) Why does the author state that it is impossible for Nikola to accept Sir William Crook's advice to focus on one single area of research?
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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