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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Tesla's Middle Years: Chapter 3, Playing with Lightning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1981, how many patents does Nikola Tesla get for AC electric systems?
(a) 50.
(b) 35.
(c) 40.
(d) 45.

2. What accomplishment occurs at Niagara Falls in 1895?
(a) George Westinghouse begins a new company.
(b) GE delivers electricity first.
(c) Electrical lines are strung over the falls.
(d) Westinghouse is ready to deliver 15,000 horsepower of electricity.

3. What is the Tesla coil?
(a) A radio wave.
(b) An electromagnetic force.
(c) A vacuum tube.
(d) A high frequency transmitter.

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

5. For what does Nikola offer a plan to redesign for Edison?
(a) Electrical systems for ships.
(b) His direct current laboratory.
(c) His dynamos.
(d) The electric light bulb.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In what city does Nikola Tesla study after running out of funds for college?

5. What system of Nikola Tesla's invention allows alternating current to be delivered?

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