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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. What does Nikola Tesla ask Westinghouse to do with their royalties agreement?
(a) Tear it up.
(b) Split it.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Double the value.

2. After World War II, much of Nikola Tesla's library materials are shipped where?
(a) Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) London, England.
(d) Washington, D.C.

3. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?
(a) The Wall Street Journal.
(b) The Electrical Review.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Electrical Times.

4. For what patent does Nikola Tesla file in 1898?
(a) Radio remote control for use in his laboratory.
(b) An alternating current engine for an automobile.
(c) Radio transistors.
(d) Radio remote control for use in guided vehicles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what financier does Nikola Tesla choose NOT to accept funds?

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

3. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?

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

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

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