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

2. How did Tesla describe his mother?
(a) All of these.
(b) Creative inventor.
(c) Tireless worker.
(d) Domestic genius.

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

4. What did Tesla think was the main purpose of inventors?
(a) Pleasing God.
(b) Promoting humanity.
(c) Repairing harm.
(d) Saving lives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?

2. What did Tesla suffer as a child?

3. What smell did Tesla hate?

4. In what setting did Tesla think his mother was trapped?

5. What habit did Tesla overcome?

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