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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Beginning: Chapter 4, Radio & High Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet.
(b) Six feet four inches.
(c) Five feet two inches.
(d) Six feet six inches.

2. 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.

3. Who adores Nikola Tesla for his many charms?
(a) The Thomas Edisons.
(b) The Robert Underwood Johnsons.
(c) The George Westinghouses.
(d) The Thomas Commerfod Martins.

4. In what subject does Nikola Tesla excel in high school?
(a) Social studies.
(b) Math.
(c) Science.
(d) Art.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Ernest Orlando Lawrence win a Nobel prize for the cyclotron, a precursor of which Nikola Tesla exhibited?

2. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?

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

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

5. To what author is Nikola Tesla introduced while ill as a child?

(see the answer key)

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