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

2. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?
(a) The electric light bulb.
(b) His direct current laboratory.
(c) Electrical systems for ships.
(d) His dynamos.

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

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

5. What personality difference jeopardizes the relationship between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla?
(a) They have different religious beliefs.
(b) They have different hygiene.
(c) They solve problems differently.
(d) They have different schedules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?

2. Who later demonstrates the correctness of Nikola Tesla's theory of cosmic rays as high-energy subatomic particles that could make other substances radioactive?

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

4. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?

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

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