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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 name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?
(a) Ruby-button lamp.
(b) Diamond-button lamp.
(c) Carbon-button lamp.
(d) Zirconia-button lamp.

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

3. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1891.

4. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?
(a) Radio waves.
(b) Atoms.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Sun.

5. In the early 1900s, from what illness does Nikola Tesla suffer?
(a) Depression.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Amnesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of electrical service does Thomas Edison supply to people?

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

3. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?

4. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?

5. What is the Tesla coil?

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