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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. In what city does Nikola Tesla give a lecture to the Institution of Electrical Engineers?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Toronto.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

2. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?
(a) Six feet four inches.
(b) Five feet two inches.
(c) Six feet.
(d) Six feet six inches.

3. Who contributed $30,000 toward the building of the new research station?
(a) Leonard Curtis.
(b) John Jacob Astor.
(c) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(d) Simpson and Crawford.

4. Where does Nikola Tesla go to create new inventions right after the Edison Medal event?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) London.
(d) New Jersey.

5. What happens to the electric company generator when Nikola Tesla runs his experiment?
(a) It knocks the generator off line and makes it burn.
(b) It restores the generator to the line.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It discharges and quits.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Nikola Tesla perform a major experiment in his Colorado Springs laboratory?

2. What event takes Nikola Tesla away from radio research in 1893?

3. What is Nikola Tesla doing in Europe when he conceives the idea that man could produce electric storms?

4. How does Nikola Tesla feel when he sees his experiment in progress?

5. For what patent does Nikola Tesla file in 1898?

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