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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 type of weapon does Nikola envision in his conversations with Viereck?
2. On what invention does Nikola Tesla claim he is working?
3. Why does Nikola Tesla ignore the NRC mission of finding a way to detect U-Boats?
4. Who arranges a party for Nikola Tesla's 75th birthday in 1931?
5. At how many revolutions per minute does the Tesla turbine run?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is different about Nikola's flivver airplane, or flying stove, and other existing aircraft?
2. Why is Nikola Tesla constantly passed over for fame and fortune for his inventions, especially radio?
3. 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.
4. As described in Chapter 28, "Death and Transfiguration," why is Nikola Tesla caught in the middle of politics with regard to the role of Yugoslavia in World War II?
5. After 1915, why does Nikola work for two companies as described in Chapter 20, "Flying Stove"?
6. Describe why Nikola, now in his fifties, aggrandizes his theories and projects to others.
7. What closure does Nikola get as he learns about medical uses for his oscillator inventions?
8. In Chapter 24, "Transitions," why does Nikola Tesla bemoan the "problem" of women in an interview in the Detroit Free Press?
9. What use does Nikola describe for radar in Chapter 21, "Radar"?
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
At dinner in the Palm Room of the Waldorf Astoria, Nikola Tesla requires eighteen napkins, polishes the crystal and silver setting, has his meal served by the maitre d'hotel, calculates the cubic contents of his meal, and then departs precisely at 10:00 p.m., all while the other diners maintain their distance and pretend not to stare at him.
Part 1) Discuss how Nikola's compulsive behaviors and expectations affect his ability to produce and bring to closure his experiments, his success over the years raising funds, and his social life.
Part 2) Which of these compulsive behaviors might have helped him, and which would hinder him?
Part 3) If Nikola were alive today, do you think he would he be more likely to better manage some of his compulsions? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Both Nikola Tesla and Robert Golka carry out their work as "loners", not affiliating with other companies or research colleagues. What challenges do they share because of this way to work? Why do they both eschew control from an outside organization? Was it possible to be successful in the research world without these connections in the times in which Nikola lived? How about today?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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