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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What undermined Tesla's confidence while growing up?
(a) Not respecting his father.
(b) Caring about his self image too much.
(c) Never having enough money.
(d) Living in the shadow of his brother.

2. Where did Tesla grow up?
(a) Croatia.
(b) Poland.
(c) Latvia.
(d) Russia.

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

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

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

6. What trick did Tesla once play on his friends?
(a) He pretended to be crazy.
(b) He put salt in their sugar.
(c) He pretended to drown.
(d) He cut their hair.

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

8. What did Tesla construct in his mind as a child?
(a) Books.
(b) Machines.
(c) Buildings.
(d) Mazes.

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

10. How was Tesla punished for ruining a woman's dress?
(a) All of these.
(b) His father slapped him.
(c) He was grounded.
(d) He was not allwoed to go to church.

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

12. What about himself does Tesla say led to his success?
(a) His determination.
(b) All of these.
(c) His physiology.
(d) His parental support.

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

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

15. Where did Tesla almost drown?
(a) At the ocean.
(b) By a dock.
(c) In a river.
(d) In a swimming pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice did Tesla credit his success to?

2. Why did Tesla's father make him spend a year traveling outdoors?

3. What kind of skills does Tesla say he learned from his father?

4. What did Tesla's father want him to become after going to the higher school?

5. What was Tesla asked to write about?

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