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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. When does Nikola Tesla perform a major experiment in his Colorado Springs laboratory?
(a) September 1, 1899.
(b) August 5, 1899.
(c) July 3, 1899.
(d) June 27, 1899.

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

3. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?
(a) An AC motor.
(b) A pulley motor.
(c) A DC motor.
(d) A gas powered motor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the year 1888, who buys Nikola Tesla's patents to use in his electric company?

2. In what field does Nikola Tesla pioneer inventions while the Nobel Prize goes to three others?

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

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

5. In what year does Nikola Tesla describe in detail the principles of radio broadcasting?

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