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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. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?
(a) In the doorway of the laboratory.
(b) Outside.
(c) Next to the switch.
(d) A chair in the middle of the room.

2. In what year is Nikola Tesla born?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1855.

3. How many volts are Nikola Tesla's coils producing when he asks Leonard Curtis to find him a new laboratory?
(a) 4,000,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 4,500,000.
(d) 3,500.

4. About what do Nikola Tesla and John Hays Hammond Jr. correspond?
(a) Improving the coil motor.
(b) Rebuilding the tower in Colorado Springs.
(c) Improving the copper button lamp.
(d) Earning money through military applications for robotry.

5. Why are balloons ordered?
(a) To hoist stationary antennae into the air.
(b) For the enjoyment of local children.
(c) To celebrate the completion of an experiment.
(d) To anchor the equipment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What New York establishment drops Nikola Tesla's membership for non-payment of bills?

2. How does Nikola Tesla sometimes feel because he has not married?

3. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?

4. What is the name of the lamp that Nikola Tesla invents?

5. What does Nikola Tesla believe is the greatest benefit of robots?

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