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

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?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Vladimir Zworykin.
(c) Henri Becquerel.
(d) Irene Curie.

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

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

5. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?
(a) The Tesla arc lamp.
(b) A new light bulb.
(c) A new generator.
(d) A DC motor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?

3. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?

4. With what device does Nikola Tesla achieve tensions of about one million volts?

5. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?

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