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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Final Decades: Chapter 3, Birthday Corks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nikola Tesla send through neighboring buildings?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Vibrations.
(c) Water.
(d) Electricity.

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

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

4. From what financier does Nikola Tesla choose NOT to accept funds?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) George Westinghouse.
(c) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(d) Thomas Edison.

5. Who funds Nikola Tesla's big Long Island experiment?
(a) Robert Underwood Johnson.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) J. Pierpont Morgan.
(d) George Westinghouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides being an inventor, for what other role is Nikola Tesla known?

2. In what subject does Nikola Tesla excel in high school?

3. What does Nikola Tesla invent that is used in Rahway, New Jersey?

4. What type of motor does Nikola Tesla conceive of while walking in the park?

5. Who asks Nikola Tesla to accept the Edison Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers?

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