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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 1, Ethics & Error in Tesla's Path.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what subject does Nikola Tesla excel in high school?
(a) Math.
(b) Art.
(c) Science.
(d) Social studies.

2. What does Nikola Tesla demonstrate with thousands of high-frequency volts running through his body?
(a) The light on Mars.
(b) A fluorescent light bulb.
(c) A working model of the incandescent sun.
(d) Moonlight.

3. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to his laboratory at midnight to view his experiments?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(c) Marguerite Merrington.
(d) William K. Vanderbuilt.

4. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?
(a) Voltage system.
(b) Fluorescent bulb system.
(c) Polyphase system.
(d) DC system.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what device does Nikola Tesla achieve tensions of about one million volts?

2. What science is always at the forefront of Nikola Tesla's work?

3. After World War II, much of Nikola Tesla's library materials are shipped where?

4. Why is Nikola Tesla's vacuum tube unsuitable for laboratory research?

5. What accomplishment occurs at Niagara Falls in 1895?

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