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

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

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

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

5. How does Thomas Edison use electrocution as a political weapon?
(a) He electrocutes birds.
(b) He refers publicly to an electrocuted prisoner as being "Westinghoused."
(c) He sues Nikola Tesla for patent infringement.
(d) He publishes a newspaper article.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?

3. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?

4. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?

5. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?

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