A_It was a newspaper battle over the events of the day.

B_It was a problem with the flow of water in Niagara Falls.

C_It was a rivalry between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison.

D_t was a lawsuit between Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse.

A_He became the first member of his family to graduate from college.

B_He earned a lot of money and gave most of it to charity.

C_He is the first inventor to create a new mobile .

D_He improved Thomas Edison’s motors and generators.

A_He was a superb salesman and sold a lot of inventions.

B_He was willing to travel around the world for the company.

C_He was able to solve many of the company’s most important problems.

D_He was willing to work for little money to help the company succeed.

A_Edison loved hearing and telling a good joke.

B_Edison was doing the best he could because business was tough.

C_Edison lacked integrity and was not a good person.

D_Edison had a gambling problem and knew that he had to get help for it.

A_Tesla could not get a job with any other company.

B_Tesla did not want to work as hard as he had been.

C_Tesla knew that Edison would not go along with his ideas.

D_Tesla did not want to work for Edison because Edison had cheated him.

A_Tesla told Edison he could improve some of Edison’s motors and generators.

B_Tesla worked hard and spent months on the task.

C_When he succeeded, he asked Edison for the reward, but Edison told him he had been joking.

D_Tesla started his own company in 1887, Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing.

A_evaluate electrical systems, products, and components

B_create carefully woven fabrics for sale in local markets

C_manage apartment buildings and other real estate properties

D_teach specialized writing classes in poetry and historical fiction

A_the movement of water through a narrow passageway

B_an event that is happening at the present time

C_the flow of electricity through wires

D_a general trend or influential style

A_easy

B_average

C_difficult

D_extremely difficult