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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. 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.

2. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?
(a) He feels sorry for him.
(b) He feels nothing for him.
(c) He worships him.
(d) He detests him.

3. Who later demonstrates the correctness of Nikola Tesla's theory of cosmic rays as high-energy subatomic particles that could make other substances radioactive?
(a) Vladimir Zworykin.
(b) Henri Becquerel.
(c) Irene Curie.
(d) Thomas Edison.

4. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?
(a) He conducts lectures with demonstrations.
(b) He has a newspaper reporter write about them.
(c) He publishes articles in magazines.
(d) He sends out letters to the scientists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?

3. In what subject does Nikola Tesla excel in high school?

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

5. By 1981, how many patents does Nikola Tesla get for AC electric systems?

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