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Who Was Nikola Tesla? Chapter 6

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 5hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What gift had just arrived from France to New York in 1885.

(a)  

2.

Nikola got the chanceto earn $2 per day doing what?

(a)  

3.

Nikola's job of digging ditches ended up being his big break.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is the name of the expert electrician that Nikola impressed?

(a)  

5.

Together with a lawyer, Alfred Brown and Nikola Tesla formed the Tesla Electric Company.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

A (a)   protects the inventor from someone else copying the idea.

7.

In 1888, Nikola presented his system of alternating-current motors and transformers to the (a)   at Columbia University in New York.

8.

George Westinghouse was a direct competitor of Thomas Edison's.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

In 1882, most Americans had electricity in their homes.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Nikoal's AC system could supply electricity to thousands of people with a single power plant.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Some reports say Tesla received about (a)   for nearly 30 patents.

12.

Nikola invited celebrities and scientists to watch demonstrations of his experiments and was known as quite a showman in the lab.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

(a)   was the first luxury hotel in New York.

14.

(a)   different US president stayed at the Astor House.

15.

Nikola's amazing imagination was the key to his genius.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Nikola loved working with a large group of people.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Nikola had many friends who were not scientists, too, including some of the most famous people of his time, such as writers Mark Twain and John Jacob AstorIV.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What did Nikola make sure to do every evening?

(a)  

19.

What time did Nikola each dinner at every night?

(a)  

20.

Nikola never shook hands with people because he was so afraid of germs.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Nikola was married three times.

a)

True

b)

False