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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 2, The Inventor's 60s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. in 1902, what engineer supports the work Nikola Tesla is doing?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Lord Kelvin.
(c) Fritz Lowenstein.
(d) Julian Hawthorne.

2. Who backs out of his commitment for further investment in Wardenclyffe?
(a) Katherine Johnson.
(b) The Navy.
(c) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(d) Scherff.

3. In what decade is Prohibition enacted?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1900s.

4. What company refuses to entertain any of Nikola Tesla's proposals in 1920?
(a) General Electric Company.
(b) The Westinghouse Company.
(c) RCA.
(d) Edison Electric Company.

5. Whom does Lt. Hobson try to interest in robotry as a way to raise funds for Nikola Tesla?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Marines.
(d) The Coast Guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?

2. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?

3. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?

4. For what publication does Nikola Tesla write about women's superiority?

5. In 1927, who tries to help Nikola Tesla with the promotion of a scientific concept?

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