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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 does Nikola Tesla become very feeble?

2. How much capital funded the incorporation of the Tesla Ozone Company?

3. Why does Nikola Tesla ignore the NRC mission of finding a way to detect U-Boats?

4. On what does Nikola Tesla say that civilized nations would spend more on than war?

5. What New York establishment drops Nikola Tesla's membership for non-payment of bills?

Short Essay Questions

1. After 1915, why does Nikola work for two companies as described in Chapter 20, "Flying Stove"?

2. Describe Nikola's appearance and day-to-day circumstances as he enters his fifties as described in Chapter 18, "Midstream Perils".

3. What use does Nikola describe for radar in Chapter 21, "Radar"?

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

6. Why does Nikola try not to attend the Edison Medal ceremony to receive his award?

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

8. What closure does Nikola get as he learns about medical uses for his oscillator inventions?

9. 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?

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

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

Over a period of several decades, Nikola Tesla has a platonic relationship with Katherine Johnson. Describe the reasons you think Nikola and Katherine have for valuing this relationship. What does Katherine provide Nikola? And in turn, what does Nikola bring Katherine? What reasons is this friendship able to survive for so many years, especially since Katherine is married to Nikola Tesla's friend Robert Underwood Johnson?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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