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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 invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?
(a) A new light bulb.
(b) The Tesla arc lamp.
(c) A DC motor.
(d) A new generator.

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

3. After Mark Twain and J. Pierpont Morgan die, what happens to Nikola Tesla's behavior?
(a) It becomes more upbeat.
(b) It becomes stranger.
(c) It becomes depressing.
(d) It becomes erratic.

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

5. In the early 1900s, from what illness does Nikola Tesla suffer?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Depression.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many accidents does Nikola Tesla say he has in a year?

2. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?

3. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?

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

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

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