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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) Social studies.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) Art.

2. To what author is Nikola Tesla introduced while ill as a child?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Robert Browning.
(d) Herman Melville.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to his laboratory at midnight to view his experiments?

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

4. Where is the Palm Room?

5. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?

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