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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 2, The Inventor's 60s.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what group does Nikola Tesla give a lecture about mechanical electrical oscillators on August 25, 1893?
(a) The Electrical Congress.
(b) The International Congress.
(c) The engineers at the Chicago World's Fair.
(d) The United States Congress.

2. How does Thomas Edison use electrocution as a political weapon?
(a) He electrocutes birds.
(b) He publishes a newspaper article.
(c) He refers publicly to an electrocuted prisoner as being "Westinghoused."
(d) He sues Nikola Tesla for patent infringement.

3. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Graz.
(c) Prague.
(d) Munich.

4. In what year does Nikola Tesla file a patent to describe the supercooling of conductors to appreciably lower resistance?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1899.

5. What personality difference jeopardizes the relationship between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla?
(a) They have different schedules.
(b) They solve problems differently.
(c) They have different religious beliefs.
(d) They have different hygiene.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, "Hurler of Lightning," to where does Nikola Tesla move in 1899?

2. In what year does the Great Depression begin?

3. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?

4. Where is Nikola Tesla when he watches his Colorado Springs experiment?

5. In what 1896 publication is there speculation about Nikola Tesla's status with women?

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