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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. Why is Nikola Tesla's vacuum tube unsuitable for laboratory research?
(a) It is too small.
(b) It is too expensive.
(c) It is difficult to adjust.
(d) It is too large.

2. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?
(a) Electrical systems for ships.
(b) The electric light bulb.
(c) His direct current laboratory.
(d) His dynamos.

3. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?
(a) The Robert Underwood Johnsons.
(b) The Thomas Edisons.
(c) The Thomas Commerfod Martins.
(d) The George Westinghouses.

4. What accomplishment occurs at Niagara Falls in 1895?
(a) Westinghouse is ready to deliver 15,000 horsepower of electricity.
(b) Electrical lines are strung over the falls.
(c) George Westinghouse begins a new company.
(d) GE delivers electricity first.

5. What major German invention in 1896 is most likely predated by Nikola Tesla's version?
(a) The radio.
(b) The vacuum tube.
(c) The fluorescent light bulb.
(d) The x-ray.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what is the invention that most fascinates Nikola Tesla followers?

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

3. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?

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

5. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?

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