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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 3, Playing with Lightning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Windstorm.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Thunder.

2. Why is Nikola Tesla's vacuum tube unsuitable for laboratory research?
(a) It is too large.
(b) It is too small.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) It is difficult to adjust.

3. From what financier does Nikola Tesla choose NOT to accept funds?
(a) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) George Westinghouse.

4. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?
(a) A solar engine.
(b) A steam driven engine.
(c) A vacuum engine.
(d) A water engine.

5. In what year does the Tesla Electric Company open?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. What accomplishment occurs at Niagara Falls in 1895?

2. How many accidents does Nikola Tesla say he has in a year?

3. In what field does Nikola Tesla pioneer inventions while the Nobel Prize goes to three others?

4. How does Nikola Tesla sometimes feel because he has not married?

5. With what planet does Nikola Tesla say communication can be made?

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