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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. At what age does Nikola Tesla take passage on the ship Saturnia?
(a) 26.
(b) 28.
(c) 29.
(d) 24.

2. How does Nikola Tesla sometimes feel because he has not married?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Happy.
(c) Elusive.
(d) Lonely.

3. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?
(a) Roaming in his native mountains.
(b) Touring Zagreb.
(c) Visiting his mother's grave.
(d) Doing research in Budapest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Palm Room?

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

4. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?

5. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?

(see the answer key)

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