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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 event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?
(a) A bad radio experiment.
(b) The Chicago World's Fair.
(c) The World Congress.
(d) A scientists' meeting in London.

2. When the vibration of heavy current surges through the primary coil, what phenomenon is the result?
(a) Lightning.
(b) Windstorm.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Thunder.

3. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?
(a) It is raided by police.
(b) It catches fire.
(c) It is made larger.
(d) It is robbed.

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

5. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?

3. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?

4. In what year does the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the Marconi Company patents for the invention of radio?

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

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