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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. What is the Tesla coil?
(a) A high frequency transmitter.
(b) An electromagnetic force.
(c) A vacuum tube.
(d) A radio wave.

2. At what game does Nikola Tesla become skilled?
(a) Polo.
(b) Chess.
(c) Billiards.
(d) Horseshoes.

3. In what field does Nikola Tesla pioneer inventions while the Nobel Prize goes to three others?
(a) The transistor.
(b) Radar.
(c) The radio.
(d) Wireless technology.

4. By 1981, how many patents does Nikola Tesla get for AC electric systems?
(a) 40.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

5. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?
(a) A steam driven engine.
(b) A vacuum engine.
(c) A solar engine.
(d) A water engine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the early 1900s, from what illness does Nikola Tesla suffer?

3. In what year does the Tesla Electric Company open?

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

5. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?

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