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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Beginning: Chapter 4, Radio & High Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1890.

2. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?
(a) Leland Anderson.
(b) Louis Cohen.
(c) Gano Dunn.
(d) D. McFarlan Moore.

3. What does Nikola Tesla demonstrate with thousands of high-frequency volts running through his body?
(a) A working model of the incandescent sun.
(b) Moonlight.
(c) The light on Mars.
(d) A fluorescent light bulb.

4. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?
(a) The Chicago World's Fair.
(b) A scientists' meeting in London.
(c) The World Congress.
(d) A bad radio experiment.

5. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to his laboratory at midnight to view his experiments?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) Marguerite Merrington.
(c) William K. Vanderbuilt.
(d) Mark Twain.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1981, how many patents does Nikola Tesla get for AC electric systems?

2. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?

3. How does Thomas Edison use electrocution as a political weapon?

4. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?

5. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?

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