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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 did Tesla do to get recognized in his new job after moving from Prague?
(a) He worked longer and harder than expected.
(b) He sold his inventions.
(c) He made improvements to the telegraph.
(d) He picked up the language quickly.

2. Who tried to find support for Tesla while he was in Germany?
(a) Henry Ford.
(b) A businessman.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A banker.

3. How was Tesla received when he first tried to sell his remote control technology?
(a) They were intrigued.
(b) They were skeptical.
(c) He was rejected.
(d) All of these.

4. What did Tesla say was the real reason for the transmitter not being completed?
(a) It was not properly thought out.
(b) It would cause political problems.
(c) It was not yet time.
(d) It was too powerful.

5. Which of Tesla's inventions was first given support?
(a) The perpetual motion machine.
(b) The induction motor.
(c) The arc lamp.
(d) The magnetic field motor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of area was the transmitter to be used in?

2. What did Tesla describe in Chapter 5?

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

4. What did Tesla want his transmitter to be used for?

5. What did Tesla see as a major advantage of his work when he was younger?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tesla end his autobiography?

2. Why did Tesla choose to move to New York?

3. What did Tesla say was the root cause of war?

4. What did Tesla do when he created the Tesla Electric Company?

5. How did Tesla hope to prevent wars in the future?

6. Where did Tesla say the idea for most of his inventions came from?

7. What did Tesla do in his free time while in Strassburg?

8. What are teleautomatics?

9. How far reaching would the transmitter's field reach, according to Tesla?

10. What led Tesla to create the Tesla Coil?

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