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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. How did Tesla's father make him use his mind as a child?
(a) He would leave him alone to finish large tasks.
(b) He would drill him in tests.
(c) He would give him problems to solve.
(d) He would let him sit in on his lectures.

2. What habit did Tesla overcome?
(a) All of these.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Smoking.

3. What did Tesla hope to be able to control?
(a) His country.
(b) His body.
(c) His mind.
(d) His dreams.

4. What magazine asked Tesla to write?
(a) Engineering Weekly.
(b) Electrical Experimenter.
(c) Experimental Electrics.
(d) Electrical Engineers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What trick did Tesla once play on his friends?

2. How much was Tesla promised from Edison?

3. How long did Tesla attend the higher school?

4. What problem did Tesla run into when first manufacturing his induction motors?

5. What kind of gem did Tesla hate?

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