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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. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to his laboratory at midnight to view his experiments?
(a) William K. Vanderbuilt.
(b) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(c) Marguerite Merrington.
(d) Mark Twain.

2. With what planet does Nikola Tesla say communication can be made?
(a) Uranus.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mars.

3. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?
(a) Roaming in his native mountains.
(b) Touring Zagreb.
(c) Visiting his mother's grave.
(d) Doing research in Budapest.

4. What happens when Nikola Tesla visits an official in Washington to offer a robotic invention to the government?
(a) The official asks for more research.
(b) The official tells him someone already approached the government.
(c) The official accepts the research.
(d) The official laughs at Nikola Tesla.

5. What does Nikola Tesla ask Westinghouse to do with their royalties agreement?
(a) Sell it.
(b) Split it.
(c) Double the value.
(d) Tear it up.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. When does Nikola Tesla perform a major experiment in his Colorado Springs laboratory?

5. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?

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