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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 1, Ethics & Error in Tesla's Path.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the year 1888, who buys Nikola Tesla's patents to use in his electric company?
(a) Dr. B.A. Behrend.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) George Westinghouse.

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

3. What does Nikola Tesla demonstrate with thousands of high-frequency volts running through his body?
(a) Moonlight.
(b) A working model of the incandescent sun.
(c) The light on Mars.
(d) A fluorescent light bulb.

4. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1855.

5. After World War II, much of Nikola Tesla's library materials are shipped where?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
(c) London, England.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the Tesla Electric Company open?

2. In the early 1900s, from what illness does Nikola Tesla suffer?

3. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?

4. Where is the Palm Room?

5. How does Thomas Edison use electrocution as a political weapon?

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