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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. How much does Nikola Tesla's 1906 invention weigh?
(a) 30 pounds.
(b) Between 30 and 40 pounds.
(c) Less than 10 pounds.
(d) Less than 20 pounds.

2. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?
(a) He improves Edison's laboratory.
(b) He invents new types of light bulbs.
(c) He fixes a ship's lighting plant.
(d) He improves direct current.

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

4. With what device does Nikola Tesla achieve tensions of about one million volts?
(a) Spherical coil.
(b) Conical coil.
(c) Linear coil.
(d) Cylindrical coil.

5. How many accidents does Nikola Tesla say he has in a year?
(a) One.
(b) Six.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who contributed $30,000 toward the building of the new research station?

2. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?

3. Why is Nikola Tesla's vacuum tube unsuitable for laboratory research?

4. What major German invention in 1896 is most likely predated by Nikola Tesla's version?

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

(see the answer key)

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