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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. To where does Nikola Tesla begin to write letters at age fifty?
(a) Television.
(b) Radio.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Magazines.

2. On how many new inventions does Nikola Tesla say Teleforce is based?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. Where does Nikola Tesla spend time feeding pigeons?
(a) Riverside Drive Park.
(b) Bryant Park.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Union Square Park.

4. On what invention does Nikola Tesla claim he is working?
(a) A new remote controlled boat.
(b) A new type of electric generation tube.
(c) A new form of atomic energy.
(d) A new electronic dynamo for AC power.

5. What professor finds Nikola Tesla's ideas "thermodynamically sound"?
(a) Michael Reese.
(b) Gustave Kolischer.
(c) Warren Rice.
(d) Adolph Slaby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes letters to Nikola Tesla from around the country, trying to encourage him about better health?

2. What does Nikola Tesla believe about life on other planets?

3. Who finds Nikola Tesla dead in his bed on January 8?

4. At how many revolutions per minute does the Tesla turbine run?

5. Who uses Nikola Tesla's 1900 radio patent to signal the letter "S" across the Atlantic ocean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the National Research Council have in preventing Nikola from getting his ideas listened to?

2. In Chapter 24, "Transitions," why does Nikola Tesla bemoan the "problem" of women in an interview in the Detroit Free Press?

3. 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?

4. What influence does Nikola have on some Canadians with respect to wireless electric power generation?

5. Whom does Nikola approach for funding for his system to broadcast all wavelength channels from a single station, and why is this person his choice?

6. In Chapter 26, "Corks on Water," explain why J.P. Morgan will not invest in proposals Nikola Tesla makes after the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

7. In Chapter 16,"Ridiculed, Condemned, Combated," what project is responsible for Nikola Tesla getting little sleep?

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

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

10. In Chapter 19, "The Nobel Affair," for what two inventions does Nikola Tesla think he can collaborate with John Hays Hammond, Jr., and why?

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