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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. In Chapter 13, "Hurler of Lightning," to where does Nikola Tesla move in 1899?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Colorado Springs.
(c) Boise.
(d) Denver.

2. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1881.

3. What happens to horses when Nikola Tesla is running his Colorado Springs experiments?
(a) They die.
(b) They go berserk, feeling shocks through their metal shoes.
(c) They return to the barn.
(d) They starve.

4. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Chicago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does Nikola Tesla's father expect him to follow?

2. Who writes letters to Nikola Tesla from around the country, trying to encourage him about better health?

3. How much capital funded the incorporation of the Tesla Ozone Company?

4. What are the descendants of the Tesla flivver airplane?

5. To what author is Nikola Tesla introduced while ill as a child?

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