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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. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet four inches.
(b) Six feet.
(c) Six feet six inches.
(d) Five feet two inches.

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

3. With what device does Nikola Tesla achieve tensions of about one million volts?
(a) Linear coil.
(b) Spherical coil.
(c) Cylindrical coil.
(d) Conical coil.

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

5. Where is the Palm Room?
(a) In the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
(b) In the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
(c) In the St. Regis Hotel.
(d) In the Plaza Hotel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?

3. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?

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

5. For what type of transmission is Nikola Tesla's research a precursor in around 1895?

(see the answer key)

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