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

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

3. Why did Tesla move to Paris?
(a) He hoped to see Edison while there.
(b) His parents asked him to move there.
(c) The woman he loved moved there.
(d) He was offered a job there.

4. Why did Tesla quit working for Edison?
(a) Tesla insulted him.
(b) Edison refused to see Tesla's induction motor idea.
(c) There was a dispute over pay.
(d) Edison insulted Tesla.

5. How did Tesla test the machines he invented?
(a) He would listen to the gears turning.
(b) He would run water through it first.
(c) He would feel the machine as it moved.
(d) He would run them in his imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Tesla's Polytechnic School?

2. What devastated Tesla's parents when he was young?

3. Why was Tesla sent to Germany while working in Paris?

4. How was Tesla able to overcome his bad habit?

5. How did Tesla save himself when he almost drowned?

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