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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tesla dislike about the city of Gospic when he first moved there?
(a) It was too noisy.
(b) It was too big.
(c) It was too crowded.
(d) It was too cold.

2. When did Tesla begin banishing bad visions?
(a) His teenage years.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His adult years.
(d) His college years.

3. What talent did Tesla suppress at a young age?
(a) Inventing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Composing.
(d) Writing.

4. What did Professor Poeschl teach?
(a) Experimental Physics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Chromatic Chemistry.
(d) Advanced Trigonometry.

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

6. What did Tesla say would weed out the strong men from the weak?
(a) Nature.
(b) Addictions.
(c) Will power.
(d) Society.

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

8. In what setting did Tesla think his mother was trapped?
(a) Poverty stricken.
(b) Naive.
(c) Academic.
(d) Domestic.

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

10. What does Tesla dream up while traveling for a year?
(a) Speeches.
(b) Inventions.
(c) His new school.
(d) A house.

11. What did Tesla say was caused by external stimuli?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) All of these.
(c) Bright light.
(d) Strange tastes in his mouth.

12. What kind of models did Tesla like looking at in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) Wooden.
(b) Human.
(c) Mechanical.
(d) Scientific.

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

14. What was the Real Gymnasium?
(a) A bar.
(b) A Preparatory School.
(c) A men's club.
(d) A church.

15. What devastated Tesla's parents when he was young?
(a) His brother died.
(b) Tesla stopped inventing.
(c) They were kicked out of their house.
(d) His father lost his job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine asked Tesla to write?

2. What did Tesla do to avoid his distractions as a child?

3. What was Tesla asked to write about?

4. What law did Tesla deride?

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

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