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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 accomplishment occurs at Niagara Falls in 1895?
(a) George Westinghouse begins a new company.
(b) Westinghouse is ready to deliver 15,000 horsepower of electricity.
(c) GE delivers electricity first.
(d) Electrical lines are strung over the falls.

2. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Munich.
(c) Budapest.
(d) Prague.

3. From what financier does Nikola Tesla choose NOT to accept funds?
(a) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) George Westinghouse.

4. What does Nikola Tesla ask Westinghouse to do with their royalties agreement?
(a) Tear it up.
(b) Sell it.
(c) Split it.
(d) Double the value.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?

3. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?

4. Where is the Palm Room?

5. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?

(see the answer key)

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