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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. What profession does Nikola Tesla's father expect him to follow?
(a) Clergyman.
(b) Policeman.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

2. Who later demonstrates the correctness of Nikola Tesla's theory of cosmic rays as high-energy subatomic particles that could make other substances radioactive?
(a) Irene Curie.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Vladimir Zworykin.
(d) Henri Becquerel.

3. In the early 1900s, from what illness does Nikola Tesla suffer?
(a) Depression.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Amnesia.

4. For what type of transmission is Nikola Tesla's research a precursor in around 1895?
(a) Radio wave.
(b) Convection.
(c) Electromechanical.
(d) Microwave.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nikola Tesla demonstrate with thousands of high-frequency volts running through his body?

3. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?

4. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?

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

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