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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 is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?
(a) He invents new types of light bulbs.
(b) He improves direct current.
(c) He fixes a ship's lighting plant.
(d) He improves Edison's laboratory.

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

3. 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.

4. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?
(a) Travel in Europe.
(b) Invest in other businesses.
(c) Form his own company.
(d) Buy Thomas Edison's company.

5. In what year does the Tesla Electric Company open?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1887.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city does Nikola Tesla find a job in 1881?

3. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?

4. At what age does Nikola Tesla take passage on the ship Saturnia?

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

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