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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What allowed Tesla to see inherent dangers?
(a) His intellect.
(b) His voices.
(c) His experiene.
(d) His observation.

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

4. How did Tesla's father make him use his mind as a child?
(a) He would give him problems to solve.
(b) He would drill him in tests.
(c) He would leave him alone to finish large tasks.
(d) He would let him sit in on his lectures.

5. What magazine asked Tesla to write?
(a) Electrical Engineers.
(b) Engineering Weekly.
(c) Electrical Experimenter.
(d) Experimental Electrics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the Gramme dynamo did Tesla think was unnecessary?

2. What did Tesla accidentally remove from a woman's dress?

3. What did Tesla say would weed out the strong men from the weak?

4. What was the Real Gymnasium?

5. Where did Tesla hope to place a large water wheel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of hallucinations did Tesla have as a child?

2. What did Tesla always do before eating?

3. What gave Tesla a bad reputation in Gospic?

4. What does Tesla tell his uncle about Niagara Falls?

5. What caused Tesla some reluctance in writing about his childhood?

6. What kind of aversions did Tesla have in his early years?

7. What did Tesla say he got from his mother?

8. Why did Tesla choose to write about his childhood?

9. How did Tesla respond to the hallucinations he had as a child?

10. What did Tesla do when he suddenly figured out how to create his induction motor?

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