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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Nikola Tesla believe is the greatest benefit of robots?
(a) Service to traffic.
(b) Service to the military.
(c) Service to humanity.
(d) Service to boats.

3. In what year does the Tesla Electric Company open?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1876.

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

5. In Chapter 6, "Order of the Flaming Sword," how does Nikola Tesla share his inventions of electricity in a vacuum tube with other scientists?
(a) He conducts lectures with demonstrations.
(b) He publishes articles in magazines.
(c) He has a newspaper reporter write about them.
(d) He sends out letters to the scientists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Nikola Tesla invite to his laboratory at midnight to view his experiments?

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

3. How tall is Nikola Tesla in the year 1893?

4. In what year does Ernest Orlando Lawrence win a Nobel prize for the cyclotron, a precursor of which Nikola Tesla exhibited?

5. What does Nikola Tesla send through neighboring buildings?

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