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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 3, Playing with Lightning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nikola Tesla's first two-way radio controlled object?
(a) Antenna.
(b) Trolley.
(c) Boat.
(d) Car.

2. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Electrical Review.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The Electrical Times.

3. Where does Charles Batchelor encourage Nikola Tesla to go?
(a) To Munich.
(b) To London.
(c) To America.
(d) To Paris.

4. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?
(a) He feels nothing for him.
(b) He detests him.
(c) He feels sorry for him.
(d) He worships him.

5. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?
(a) Nuclear power.
(b) Remote electricity.
(c) Stationary waves.
(d) Stationary pulses.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Nikola Tesla say he will build a villa in New York City?

2. What happens when Nikola Tesla visits an official in Washington to offer a robotic invention to the government?

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

4. What reward does Thomas Edison offer Nikola Tesla for completing the work with the dynamo?

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

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