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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 5, Radio & Age 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?
(a) Stationary pulses.
(b) Stationary waves.
(c) Nuclear power.
(d) Remote electricity.

2. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet six inches.
(b) Six feet four inches.
(c) Five feet two inches.
(d) Six feet.

3. What personality difference jeopardizes the relationship between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla?
(a) They have different religious beliefs.
(b) They have different hygiene.
(c) They solve problems differently.
(d) They have different schedules.

4. What happens to horses when Nikola Tesla is running his Colorado Springs experiments?
(a) They starve.
(b) They go berserk, feeling shocks through their metal shoes.
(c) They return to the barn.
(d) They die.

5. Where does Charles Batchelor encourage Nikola Tesla to go?
(a) To America.
(b) To London.
(c) To Paris.
(d) To Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?

2. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?

3. At what age does Nikola Tesla take passage on the ship Saturnia?

4. For what type of transmission is Nikola Tesla's research a precursor in around 1895?

5. In what year does Nikola Tesla finally sue Marconi?

(see the answer key)

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