Question

Item 2

How does the author best develop Tesla's viewpoint of Thomas Edison in "Nikola Tesla, Inventor"?


The author contrasts Tesla’s personal hygiene habits with Edison’s sloppiness and his tendency to wear the same clothes for days.


Tesla views Edison as someone who is not open to new ideas and becomes angry when Tesla mentions that AC generators would work better than DC.


Tesla views Edison as a scientist who is only in it for the money instead of for the benefit of scientific exploration and creation.


The author includes Tesla’s opinion that Edison’s trial and error method of invention is as efficient as looking for a needle in a haystack.

Answer 1

The answer is D

Step-by-step explanation:

Nikola Tesla was a scientist, a discoverer and a physicist, a thinker in the old days that wanted to know what electricity was. Thomas Edison is known for his discovery in many fields such as motion, mass communication and so on.

The answer is D because the author includes Tesla’s opinion that Edison’s trial and error method of invention is as efficient as looking for a needle in a haystack.