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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what year does Nikola Tesla file a patent to describe the supercooling of conductors to appreciably lower resistance?
2. For what publication does Nikola Tesla write about women's superiority?
3. Why does Nikola Tesla wish to reject the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?
4. In what year does the Great Depression begin?
5. What influences does Nikola Tesla believe will compromise the religion of the human race in the year 2100?
Short Essay Questions
1. As described in Chapter 28, "Death and Transfiguration," why is Nikola Tesla caught in the middle of politics with regard to the role of Yugoslavia in World War II?
2. What happens when the New York Times publishes a story indicating that Tesla and Edison will receive a Nobel Prize in physics?
3. Describe why Nikola, now in his fifties, aggrandizes his theories and projects to others.
4. In Chapter 25, "The Birthday Parties," how does Kenneth Swezey make Nikola's seventy-fifth birthday memorable?
5. In Chapter 17, "The Great Radio Controversy," what court rules that Nikola Tesla is the inventor of radio, rather than William Marconi?
6. After 1915, why does Nikola work for two companies as described in Chapter 20, "Flying Stove"?
7. Why does Nikola care for pigeons in Chapter 23, "Pigeons"?
8. 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.
9. Describe Nikola's appearance and day-to-day circumstances as he enters his fifties as described in Chapter 18, "Midstream Perils".
10. What influence does Nikola have on some Canadians with respect to wireless electric power generation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 7, "Radio," Nikola Tesla encounters many obstacles that prevent him from focusing on his research with radio.
Part 1) Briefly describe his main distractions and identify which distractions present the greatest obstacles to his success.
Part 2) Why does the author state that it is impossible for Nikola to accept Sir William Crook's advice to focus on one single area of research?
Essay Topic 2
Nikola has nothing but disdain for Orville Wright's aircraft technology. Therefore, he invents his own "flying stove" using early vertical takeoff technology that is not patented until 1928, and not utilized by two companies until after 1950. What reasons can you give for why Nikola is not able to prototype or commercialize this technology? Do you think at least some of his resistance to Wright's aircraft is due to personal or intellectual arrogance? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
While Nikola is assembling his ambitious Wardenclyffe facility to broadcast radio across the Atlantic ocean, Marconi signals the letter "S" across the Atlantic from Cornwall to Newfoundland without the benefit of a great physical plant such as Nikola is building. J.P. Morgan, his financier, takes note. Compare and contrast the overall method of Marconi and Nikola in achieving this goal. Provide your opinion about the ethics involved in Marconi's use of Nikola's original radio patent of 1900 in order to achieve this feat. Why does Nikola allow people to keep beating him at his own game?
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