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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 5, Radio & Age 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895?
(a) It catches fire.
(b) It is robbed.
(c) It is made larger.
(d) It is raided by police.

3. Where does Charles Batchelor encourage Nikola Tesla to go?
(a) To America.
(b) To London.
(c) To Munich.
(d) To Paris.

4. In what year does Nikola Tesla go to work for Thomas Edison's subsidiary in Paris?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1882.

5. What major German invention in 1896 is most likely predated by Nikola Tesla's version?
(a) The vacuum tube.
(b) The radio.
(c) The fluorescent light bulb.
(d) The x-ray.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what type of transmission is Nikola Tesla's research a precursor in around 1895?

2. For whom does Nikola Tesla say he will build a villa in New York City?

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

4. Who broadcasts voice and music programs in 1906 and 1907 based on Nikola Tesla's radio design and principles?

5. In 1906, what type of model does Nikola Tesla build?

(see the answer key)

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