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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. After J. Pierpont Morgan dies in 1913, from whom does Nikola Tesla try to get investment funding?
(a) Scherff.
(b) John Hays Hammond, Jr.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) J. P. Morgan.

2. What type of engine does Nikola Tesla invent in Chapter 12, "Robots"?
(a) A vacuum engine.
(b) A water engine.
(c) A solar engine.
(d) A steam driven engine.

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

4. In 1906, what type of model does Nikola Tesla build?
(a) A bladeless turbine.
(b) A magnesium copper lamp.
(c) A new AC dynamo.
(d) A new lightning machine.

5. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?
(a) It is raided by police.
(b) It is made larger.
(c) It catches fire.
(d) It is robbed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nikola Tesla send through neighboring buildings?

2. About what do Nikola Tesla and John Hays Hammond Jr. correspond?

3. What does a group of men offer Tesla the opportunity to do?

4. In what subject does Nikola Tesla excel in high school?

5. Whom does Lt. Hobson try to interest in robotry as a way to raise funds for Nikola Tesla?

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