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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. How does George Scherff feel about Nikola Tesla?
(a) He feels nothing for him.
(b) He feels sorry for him.
(c) He detests him.
(d) He worships him.

2. Who helps to found the Tesla Society around 1956?
(a) Leland Anderson.
(b) Louis Cohen.
(c) D. McFarlan Moore.
(d) Gano Dunn.

3. For what type of transmission is Nikola Tesla's research a precursor in around 1895?
(a) Electromechanical.
(b) Convection.
(c) Radio wave.
(d) Microwave.

4. In what year does Nikola Tesla finally sue Marconi?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1920.

5. What New York establishment drops Nikola Tesla's membership for non-payment of bills?
(a) The Russian Tea Room.
(b) The Palms.
(c) The Players' Club.
(d) The Regency Room.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?

2. What is the location of the tower that Nikola Tesla builds for his experiment on Long Island?

3. What does Nikola Tesla believe can be produced on Earth with an oscillator?

4. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?

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

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