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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Beginning: Chapter 3, AC/DC and a Flaming Sword.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?
(a) Nuclear fission.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Thermodynamics.
(d) Physics.

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

3. In what year does Ernest Orlando Lawrence win a Nobel prize for the cyclotron, a precursor of which Nikola Tesla exhibited?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1936.

4. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?
(a) Diamond-button lamp.
(b) Zirconia-button lamp.
(c) Carbon-button lamp.
(d) Ruby-button lamp.

5. In what country is Nikola Tesla born?
(a) Romania.
(b) Croatia.
(c) Serbia.
(d) Hungary.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?

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

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

5. What does Thomas Edison do to try to quash the acquisition of Nikola Tesla's invention?

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