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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of machine did Tesla plan to make one day without wings?
(a) A communication machine.
(b) A weather predicting machine.
(c) A flying machine.
(d) A farming machine.

2. Tesla based his ideas about human responses on ___________.
(a) His observations of his colleagues.
(b) His laboratory experiments.
(c) His childhood.
(d) All of these.

3. Why did Tesla say most people would never be able to explain strange experiences?
(a) They were too quick to judge.
(b) They were not educated.
(c) All of these.
(d) They did not observe their thoughts.

4. What made Tesla indispensible to the company he worked for in Paris?
(a) His hard work.
(b) His linguistic abilities.
(c) His kind demeanor.
(d) His skills.

5. What did Edison call his offer to Tesla?
(a) A ridiculous mistake.
(b) A warranted fee.
(c) A practical joke.
(d) An impossible feat.

6. Where did Tesla go after finishing his first transmitter?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York.

7. What did Tesla construct while he was in Germany?
(a) A brushless ignitor.
(b) A platform for his magnets.
(c) The induction motor.
(d) A model for the telephone.

8. Where did Tesla finally go to launch his great invention?
(a) Russia.
(b) England.
(c) Hungary.
(d) America.

9. What job did Tesla take after moving from Prague?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Bar tender.
(c) Operator.
(d) Draftsman.

10. What question was Tesla often asked?
(a) How did you find success?
(b) Why do you not have a family?
(c) Where do your ideas come from?
(d) Which invention is the most important?

11. Why did Tesla move to Paris?
(a) He was offered a job there.
(b) His parents asked him to move there.
(c) He hoped to see Edison while there.
(d) The woman he loved moved there.

12. What did Tesla think his humanoid machine could come to have?
(a) Judgement.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Reactions.
(d) Progeny.

13. What kind of oscillation did Tesla strive to find?
(a) Steady.
(b) Controlled.
(c) Electrical.
(d) Magnetic.

14. What was Charles Batchellor's occupation?
(a) Assistant.
(b) Artist.
(c) Foreman.
(d) Teacher.

15. Who told Tesla to go where he ended up launching his great invention?
(a) Puskas.
(b) Edison.
(c) Batchellor.
(d) Bauzin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla hope to perpetuate with his inventions?

2. Which of Tesla's inventions was first given support?

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

4. Why did Tesla's transmitter backer withdraw their support?

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

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