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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?
(a) It catches fire.
(b) It is made larger.
(c) It is raided by police.
(d) It is robbed.

2. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?
(a) Next to the switch.
(b) Outside.
(c) A chair in the middle of the room.
(d) In the doorway of the laboratory.

3. What does Nikola Tesla ask Westinghouse to do with their royalties agreement?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Tear it up.
(c) Double the value.
(d) Split it.

4. By 1981, how many patents does Nikola Tesla get for AC electric systems?
(a) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 35.
(d) 50.

5. How many volts are Nikola Tesla's coils producing when he asks Leonard Curtis to find him a new laboratory?
(a) 50,000.
(b) 4,000,000.
(c) 3,500.
(d) 4,500,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to a celebration at the Waldorf in 1898?

2. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?

3. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?

4. At what game does Nikola Tesla become skilled?

5. At what age does Nikola Tesla take passage on the ship Saturnia?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, "Radio," why does Nikola Tesla feel the need to go home?

2. From the book's Introduction, why does Nikola Tesla maintain an intensely private life?

3. Describe three elements of the friendship between Nikola Tesla and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wood Johnson.

4. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," Nikola Tesla develops what he calls a carbon button lamp. For what later device does the lamp serve as a prototype?

5. Why does Nikola Tesla become a regular patron at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City in Chapter 8, "High Society"?

6. In Chapter 4, "At the Court of Mr. Edison," why is the early relationship between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison strained?

7. In Chapter 9, "High Road, Low Road," Nikola Tesla focuses on the use of alternating current for electricity generation, while his competitor Thomas Edison refuses to endorse anything but direct current. How is the electricity generation business divided in the mid-1890s in Buffalo?

8. In Chapter 3, "Immigrants of Distinction," why is Nikola Tesla's invention of alternating current so important to the world?

9. In Chapter 1, "Modern Prometheus," what is the result of Nikola Tesla's fireball demonstration for Mark Twain and several other contemporaries?

10. In Chapter 11, "To Mars," what patents does Nikola file in November, 1897, and what application do they potentially support?

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