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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. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?
(a) Munich.
(b) Budapest.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Prague.

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla finally sue Marconi?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1917.

3. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
(a) Toronto.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) London.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?

2. What happens to horses when Nikola Tesla is running his Colorado Springs experiments?

3. What reward does Thomas Edison offer Nikola Tesla for completing the work with the dynamo?

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

5. What type of electrical service does Thomas Edison supply to people?

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