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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 what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?
(a) The Electrical Review.
(b) The Electrical Times.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The New York Times.

2. 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) Thomas Edison.
(b) Vladimir Zworykin.
(c) Irene Curie.
(d) Henri Becquerel.

3. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?
(a) Louis Cohen.
(b) Gano Dunn.
(c) D. McFarlan Moore.
(d) Leland Anderson.

4. What does Thomas Edison do to try to quash the acquisition of Nikola Tesla's invention?
(a) He buys out Nikola Tesla.
(b) He meets with George Westinghouse.
(c) He offers Tesla stock in his company.
(d) He conducts a smear campaign against Westinghouse and alternating current.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?

2. Where is the Palm Room?

3. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?

4. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?

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

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