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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla predict for the future at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What was the first remote controlled device Tesla made?

3. How did Tesla explain a vision he saw of his mother as she was dying?

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

5. Where in Germany was Tesla sent while working in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Tesla presented his remote control technology to the military?

2. Why did Tesla stop working for Edison?

3. What did Tesla say was different about his transmitter?

4. What did Tesla say was the root cause of war?

5. What question was Tesla often asked about his inventions?

6. What did the Tesla Coil do?

7. Why did Tesla choose to move to New York?

8. Why did Tesla say his transmitter was never completed?

9. How did Tesla hope to change the desert with his transmitter?

10. Where did Tesla say the idea for most of his inventions came from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which person did you relate to the most in this book? Why? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

How did Tesla go about choosing his career in life? What impact did this have on his future?

Essay Topic 3

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

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