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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My First Efforts in Invention.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Tesla suffer as a child?
(a) Several severe illnesses.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Mental strains.
(d) Poverty.

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

4. How did Tesla test the machines he invented?
(a) He would feel the machine as it moved.
(b) He would run them in his imagination.
(c) He would listen to the gears turning.
(d) He would run water through it first.

5. Tesla attributed his creativity to _________________.
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What devastated Tesla's parents when he was young?

2. What did Tesla think delayed his development?

3. What talent did Tesla suppress at a young age?

4. What allowed Tesla to see inherent dangers?

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

(see the answer key)

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