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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 6, Nobel Stove.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thomas Edison use electrocution as a political weapon?
(a) He electrocutes birds.
(b) He publishes a newspaper article.
(c) He sues Nikola Tesla for patent infringement.
(d) He refers publicly to an electrocuted prisoner as being "Westinghoused."

2. In what year does Ernest Orlando Lawrence win a Nobel prize for the cyclotron, a precursor of which Nikola Tesla exhibited?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1939.

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

4. With whom does the New York Times suggest that Nikola Tesla will share the 1915 Nobel Prize in physics?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) George Westinghouse.
(c) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(d) Scherff.

5. In Chapter 10, "An Error of Judgment," to what does Nikola Tesla expose his head frequently?
(a) Atoms.
(b) Radio waves.
(c) Sun.
(d) Radiation.

Short Answer 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?

2. Why does Nikola Tesla choose room 207 at the Alta Vista Hotel?

3. At what age does Nikola Tesla take passage on the ship Saturnia?

4. What is Nikola Tesla's first two-way radio controlled object?

5. Who backs out of his commitment for further investment in Wardenclyffe?

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