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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of jewelry did Tesla hate?
(a) Necklaces.
(b) Brooches.
(c) Earrings.
(d) Rings.

3. What did Tesla say would cure him while he was sick at the higher school?
(a) Confessing his sins.
(b) Reading from the Bible.
(c) Studying engineering.
(d) Walking outside.

4. What did Tesla first try to create with a vacuum?
(a) A perpetual motion machine.
(b) A water pump.
(c) A radio.
(d) A time machine.

5. How did Tesla test the machines he invented?
(a) He would run them in his imagination.
(b) He would feel the machine as it moved.
(c) He would listen to the gears turning.
(d) He would run water through it first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla hope to be able to control?

2. What was the occupation of Tesla's uncle?

3. How did Tesla feel about moving to Paris?

4. What would Tesla calculate before eating?

5. Why did Tesla quit working for Edison?

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