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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. Where did Tesla create his second transmitter?

2. What change did Tesla make to his second transmitter?

3. What did Tesla do every day in Paris before going to work?

4. Where did Tesla move to after living in Prague?

5. What kind of device did Tesla say his transmitter could control?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the potential uses of Tesla's transmitter?

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

3. What happened when some Americans in Paris first offered to back Tesla's motor invention?

4. How did Tesla think war would be different in the future and why?

5. What led Tesla to create the Tesla Coil?

6. What are teleautomatics?

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

8. Who is Charles Batchellor?

9. What did the diagram in Chapter 5 describe?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tesla and Edison were two very similar people. Yet, they had some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite for support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two inventors.

Essay Topic 2

How did Tesla feel about education? What effects did his feelings have on his life and his career?

Essay Topic 3

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the people most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

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