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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My First Efforts in Invention.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Tesla calculate before eating?
(a) The volume of his food.
(b) The number of people in the room.
(c) The nutritional value of his food.
(d) The origin of his food.

2. What did Tesla compare the human mind to?
(a) A computer.
(b) A bowl of water.
(c) An electrical current.
(d) A machine.

3. What practice did Tesla credit his success to?
(a) Writing.
(b) Praying.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Introspection.

4. What was Tesla asked to write about?
(a) His education.
(b) His inventions.
(c) All of these.
(d) His family.

5. Where did Tesla hope to place a large water wheel?
(a) The Great Salt Lake.
(b) Niagara Falls.
(c) The English Channel.
(d) The mill pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tesla refrain from caffeine?

2. How did Tesla feel about writing about his childhood?

3. Why did Tesla say most people lacked a certain ability?

4. What ability did Tesla say most people lacked?

5. How was Tesla able to overcome his bad habit?

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