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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tesla classify his age while writing this book?
(a) Young years.
(b) Middle years.
(c) Elderly years.
(d) Obsequious years.

2. Where was Tesla's Polytechnic School?
(a) Syria.
(b) Russia.
(c) Poland.
(d) Latvia.

3. How did Tesla feel about his time in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) He endured it.
(b) He enjoyed it.
(c) He hated it.
(d) He loved it more than anything.

4. What is the Gramme dynamo?
(a) A hard metal.
(b) A book.
(c) A motor.
(d) An institute of study.

5. What did Tesla's father want him to become after going to the higher school?
(a) A clergyman.
(b) A writer.
(c) A professor.
(d) An engineer.

6. Where did Tesla grow up?
(a) Russia.
(b) Croatia.
(c) Latvia.
(d) Poland.

7. What did Tesla hope to be able to control?
(a) His country.
(b) His body.
(c) His mind.
(d) His dreams.

8. Why was Tesla so concerned about the one thing he had no talent for in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) It was important in inventing.
(b) It was a required part of the curriculum.
(c) He was a perfectionist.
(d) He wanted to be like his father.

9. What ability did Tesla have no talent for in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) Singing.
(b) Acting.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Reading.

10. Where did Tesla almost drown?
(a) In a swimming pool.
(b) In a river.
(c) At the ocean.
(d) By a dock.

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

12. What undermined Tesla's confidence while growing up?
(a) Living in the shadow of his brother.
(b) Not respecting his father.
(c) Never having enough money.
(d) Caring about his self image too much.

13. How long did Tesla attend the higher school?
(a) Six years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Three years.

14. What did Tesla say was just as harmful as alcohol?
(a) Salt.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Preservatives.
(d) Hot tea.

15. What did Tesla think was the main purpose of inventors?
(a) Pleasing God.
(b) Repairing harm.
(c) Saving lives.
(d) Promoting humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Tesla begin banishing bad visions?

2. What about himself does Tesla say led to his success?

3. Which of these did Tesla refrain from drinking?

4. What trick did Tesla once play on his friends?

5. What magazine asked Tesla to write?

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