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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What allowed Tesla to see inherent dangers?
(a) His voices.
(b) His observation.
(c) His intellect.
(d) His experiene.

2. How did Tesla save himself when he almost drowned?
(a) He followed the directions of his voices.
(b) He breathed between the dock slats.
(c) He allowed himself to float with the waves.
(d) He used the air bubbles in his pockets.

3. What did Tesla do when he fell ill after graduating from The Real Gymnasium?
(a) Talked to his mother.
(b) Read books.
(c) Practiced drawing.
(d) Listened to the radio.

4. How was Tesla able to overcome his bad habit?
(a) He laughed at those who pursued those habits.
(b) He locked himself away.
(c) He used his willpower.
(d) He put himself in a trance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla do to avoid his distractions as a child?

2. What did Professor Poeschl teach?

3. What did Tesla compare the human mind to?

4. How fast is the Earth's rotation?

5. What subject did Tesla like most in the higher school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Tesla some reluctance in writing about his childhood?

2. What did Tesla say he got from his mother?

3. What gave Tesla a bad reputation in Gospic?

4. What did Tesla's father do to help him hone his skill?

5. How did Tesla respond to the hallucinations he had as a child?

6. How did Tesla use his imagination to help him invent things?

7. What weapons was Tesla good at using?

8. What did Tesla choose to work on after he recovered from his breakdown in Prague?

9. Why did Tesla choose to write about his childhood?

10. What kind of school did Tesla attend? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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