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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 2, Mars & Robots.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1855.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1856.

3. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to his laboratory at midnight to view his experiments?
(a) William K. Vanderbuilt.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) Marguerite Merrington.

4. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?
(a) The engineers at the Chicago World's Fair.
(b) The Electrical Congress.
(c) The International Congress.
(d) The United States Congress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many volts are Nikola Tesla's coils producing when he asks Leonard Curtis to find him a new laboratory?

2. From what financier does Nikola Tesla choose NOT to accept funds?

3. What trait is suspected by some about Nikola Tesla during the Gilded Age?

4. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?

5. What profession does Nikola Tesla's father expect him to follow?

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