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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Professor Poeschl was from ______________.
(a) France.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Croatia.
(d) Germany.

2. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?
(a) The typesetter.
(b) The editors.
(c) The reporters.
(d) The owner.

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

4. Why did Tesla suppress a talent at a young age?
(a) His father was sick.
(b) His brother died.
(c) Other children laughed at him.
(d) He never succeeded.

5. What did Tesla first try to create with a vacuum?
(a) A radio.
(b) A time machine.
(c) A water pump.
(d) A perpetual motion machine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Tesla feel about writing about his childhood?

3. Where did Tesla grow up?

4. What made Tesla indispensible to the company he worked for in Paris?

5. What was Tesla's father's occupation?

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