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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. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?
(a) Nuclear fission.
(b) Thermodynamics.
(c) Physics.
(d) Electricity.

2. What happens to Nikola Tesla when he steps onto his experimental platform in his laboratory?
(a) He shudders.
(b) He is burned.
(c) He loses consciousness.
(d) He is fine.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much does Nikola Tesla's 1906 invention weigh?

3. What reward does Thomas Edison offer Nikola Tesla for completing the work with the dynamo?

4. What does Nikola Tesla do to the oscillator?

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

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