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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 year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1883.

2. In the year 1888, who buys Nikola Tesla's patents to use in his electric company?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Dr. B.A. Behrend.
(d) George Westinghouse.

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

4. What type of electrical service does Thomas Edison supply to people?
(a) Indirect current.
(b) Alternating current.
(c) Direct current.
(d) Hydroelectric current.

5. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?
(a) Fluorescent bulb system.
(b) Voltage system.
(c) DC system.
(d) Polyphase system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nikola Tesla's vacuum tube unsuitable for laboratory research?

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

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

4. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?

5. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?

(see the answer key)

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