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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. 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 made improvements to the telegraph.
(c) He sold his inventions.
(d) He picked up the language quickly.

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

3. Who funded the production of Tesla's induction motors?
(a) The Tesla Machine Company.
(b) Henry Ford.
(c) The Westinghouse Corporation.
(d) J.P. Morgan.

4. What did Tesla say he was ignorant of when first getting to Paris?
(a) Inventing.
(b) Business.
(c) Drafting.
(d) French culture.

5. What is the Gramme dynamo?
(a) A hard metal.
(b) A motor.
(c) A book.
(d) An institute of study.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these did Tesla refrain from drinking?

2. How did Tesla feel about his time in The Real Gymnasium?

3. What distracted Tesla as a child?

4. What ability did Tesla say most people lacked?

5. How did Tesla test the machines he invented?

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