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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 2, Mars & Robots.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what device does Nikola Tesla achieve tensions of about one million volts?
(a) Spherical coil.
(b) Linear coil.
(c) Cylindrical coil.
(d) Conical coil.

2. For whom does Nikola Tesla say he will build a villa in New York City?
(a) Katherine Johnson.
(b) Nellie Melba.
(c) Ann Morgan.
(d) Marguerite Merington.

3. What does Nikola Tesla believe is the greatest benefit of robots?
(a) Service to traffic.
(b) Service to boats.
(c) Service to the military.
(d) Service to humanity.

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

5. In the year 1888, who buys Nikola Tesla's patents to use in his electric company?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Dr. B.A. Behrend.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) George Westinghouse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?

3. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?

4. In what year does Ernest Orlando Lawrence win a Nobel prize for the cyclotron, a precursor of which Nikola Tesla exhibited?

5. What is the Tesla coil?

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