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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Art of Teleautomatics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Tesla move to Paris?
(a) The woman he loved moved there.
(b) He hoped to see Edison while there.
(c) His parents asked him to move there.
(d) He was offered a job there.

2. What did Tesla excel at in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) History.

3. What did Tesla compare the field of his transmitter to?
(a) Air streams.
(b) Wires.
(c) Bubbles.
(d) Clouds.

4. What trick did Tesla once play on his friends?
(a) He put salt in their sugar.
(b) He pretended to be crazy.
(c) He cut their hair.
(d) He pretended to drown.

5. What kind of field was created by the transmitter?
(a) Magnetic.
(b) Electric.
(c) Revolving.
(d) Static.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mr. Puskas's occupation?

2. Where was Tesla's Polytechnic School?

3. Who told Tesla to go where he ended up launching his great invention?

4. What problem did Tesla run into when first manufacturing his induction motors?

5. What did Tesla want to become after going to the higher school?

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