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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. Where did Tesla hope to place a large water wheel?
(a) The mill pond.
(b) The English Channel.
(c) The Great Salt Lake.
(d) Niagara Falls.

2. What did Tesla say would cure him while he was sick at the higher school?
(a) Studying engineering.
(b) Reading from the Bible.
(c) Walking outside.
(d) Confessing his sins.

3. How did Tesla's father react to his high marks at the Polytechnic School?
(a) Angry.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Excited.
(d) Surprised.

4. Where was Tesla's Polytechnic School?
(a) Russia.
(b) Syria.
(c) Latvia.
(d) Poland.

5. How did Tesla classify his age while writing this book?
(a) Middle years.
(b) Elderly years.
(c) Young years.
(d) Obsequious years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Charles Batchellor work for?

2. Why was Tesla so concerned about the one thing he had no talent for in The Real Gymnasium?

3. What did Tesla think was the main purpose of inventors?

4. What did Tesla do at night while at the Polytechnic School?

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

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