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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My First Efforts in Invention.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tesla compare the human mind to?
(a) An electrical current.
(b) A bowl of water.
(c) A machine.
(d) A computer.

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

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

4. What distracted Tesla as a child?
(a) Bright lights.
(b) Loud noises.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Strange patterns.

5. What devastated Tesla's parents when he was young?
(a) His father lost his job.
(b) His brother died.
(c) They were kicked out of their house.
(d) Tesla stopped inventing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tesla asked to write about?

2. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?

3. What kind of gem did Tesla hate?

4. What did Tesla dislike about the city of Gospic when he first moved there?

5. What about himself does Tesla say led to his success?

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