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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. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?
(a) He publishes articles in magazines.
(b) He has a newspaper reporter write about them.
(c) He sends out letters to the scientists.
(d) He conducts lectures with demonstrations.

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

3. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?
(a) He improves direct current.
(b) He invents new types of light bulbs.
(c) He fixes a ship's lighting plant.
(d) He improves Edison's laboratory.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?

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

3. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?

4. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?

5. What happens to horses when Nikola Tesla is running his Colorado Springs experiments?

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