1. In Chapter 13, what is the invention that most fascinates Nikola Tesla followers?
(a) The remote controlled ship.
(b) The transmitter.
(c) The valve.
(d) The Copper Button Lamp.

2. How does Thomas Edison use electrocution as a political weapon?
(a) He refers publicly to an electrocuted prisoner as being "Westinghoused."
(b) He publishes a newspaper article.
(c) He electrocutes birds.
(d) He sues Nikola Tesla for patent infringement.

3. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?
(a) Stationary waves.
(b) Nuclear power.
(c) Remote electricity.
(d) Stationary pulses.

4. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?
(a) Diamond-button lamp.
(b) Ruby-button lamp.
(c) Zirconia-button lamp.
(d) Carbon-button lamp.

5. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?
(a) A DC motor.
(b) The Tesla arc lamp.
(c) A new generator.
(d) A new light bulb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who later demonstrates the correctness of Nikola Tesla's theory of cosmic rays as high-energy subatomic particles that could make other substances radioactive?

2. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?

3. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?

4. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?

5. In what year does Ernest Orlando Lawrence win a Nobel prize for the cyclotron, a precursor of which Nikola Tesla exhibited?

(see the answer key)

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