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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 trait is suspected by some about Nikola Tesla during the Gilded Age?
(a) He is bipolar.
(b) He is a virgin.
(c) He is a homosexual.
(d) He is passive aggressive.

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

3. What profession does Nikola Tesla's father expect him to follow?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Clergyman.

4. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?
(a) An AC motor.
(b) A DC motor.
(c) A gas powered motor.
(d) A pulley motor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?

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

4. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?

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

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