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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. Who broadcasts voice and music programs in 1906 and 1907 based on Nikola Tesla's radio design and principles?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) Reginald A. Fessenden.
(c) William Marconi.
(d) Professor Pupin.

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

3. What name does Nikola Tesla call Marconi?
(a) Dog.
(b) Horse.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Donkey.

4. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?
(a) In the doorway of the laboratory.
(b) Outside.
(c) A chair in the middle of the room.
(d) Next to the switch.

5. For whom does Nikola Tesla say he will build a villa in New York City?
(a) Katherine Johnson.
(b) Nellie Melba.
(c) Ann Morgan.
(d) Marguerite Merington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trait is suspected by some about Nikola Tesla during the Gilded Age?

2. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?

3. To where does Nikola Tesla begin to write letters at age fifty?

4. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?

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

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