View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of area was the transmitter to be used in?

2. What did Tesla say all of his inventions were in essence?

3. Where did Tesla create his second transmitter?

4. What was Charles Batchellor's occupation?

5. Why did Tesla quit working for Edison?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tesla hope to prevent wars in the future?

2. How did Tesla explain the vision he had of his mother as she was dying?

3. What are teleautomatics?

4. How did Tesla feel about the League of Nations, and why?

5. Why did Tesla choose to move to New York?

6. Why did Tesla say his transmitter was never completed?

7. What question was Tesla often asked about his inventions?

8. What were some of the potential uses of Tesla's transmitter?

9. What did Tesla do when he created the Tesla Electric Company?

10. What happened when some Americans in Paris first offered to back Tesla's motor invention?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened between Tesla and Thomas Edison, and why was this so surprising to Tesla? How did he respond to this situation?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that people involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the people involved?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 569 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample