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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. For what patent does Nikola Tesla file in 1898?
(a) Radio remote control for use in guided vehicles.
(b) Radio transistors.
(c) An alternating current engine for an automobile.
(d) Radio remote control for use in his laboratory.

2. For what invention is the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics given?
(a) The invention of radio.
(b) The creation of man-made lightning.
(c) The use of X-rays to determine the structure of crystals.
(d) The copper button lamp.

3. In the year 1888, who buys Nikola Tesla's patents to use in his electric company?
(a) George Westinghouse.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Dr. B.A. Behrend.

4. Who broadcasts voice and music programs in 1906 and 1907 based on Nikola Tesla's radio design and principles?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) William Marconi.
(c) Professor Pupin.
(d) Reginald A. Fessenden.

5. From what financier does Nikola Tesla choose NOT to accept funds?
(a) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(b) George Westinghouse.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) Thomas Edison.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?

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

3. Who uses Nikola Tesla's 1900 radio patent to signal the letter "S" across the Atlantic ocean?

4. What is being manufactured at Wardenclyffe?

5. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?

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