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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 personality difference jeopardizes the relationship between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla?
(a) They have different religious beliefs.
(b) They have different schedules.
(c) They solve problems differently.
(d) They have different hygiene.

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

3. How many accidents does Nikola Tesla say he has in a year?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

4. Why does Nikola Tesla choose room 207 at the Alta Vista Hotel?
(a) The number 207 is divisible by three and one flight up.
(b) The number 207 reminds him of his mother.
(c) It is the only room available.
(d) It has a window.

5. What does Nikola Tesla send through neighboring buildings?
(a) Vibrations.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nikola Tesla's first job accomplishment with Thomas Edison?

2. In what year does Ernest Orlando Lawrence win a Nobel prize for the cyclotron, a precursor of which Nikola Tesla exhibited?

3. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?

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

5. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?

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