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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Magnifying Transmitter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tesla feel about moving to Paris?
(a) He was indifferent.
(b) He was eager to do so.
(c) He was confused.
(d) He was nervous.

2. What did Tesla help Edison produce?
(a) Telephone receivers.
(b) Electric motors.
(c) Telephone wires.
(d) Light bulb fillaments.

3. What did Tesla first try to create with a vacuum?
(a) A time machine.
(b) A perpetual motion machine.
(c) A radio.
(d) A water pump.

4. What did Tesla predict for the future at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) He would back his own project.
(b) His invention would one day be used.
(c) He would be heralded as a great man.
(d) His invention would die with him.

5. Where did Tesla go after finishing his first transmitter?
(a) New York.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Tesla say was caused by external stimuli?

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

4. What did Tesla call the field created by his transmitter?

5. How did Tesla's father react to his high marks at the Polytechnic School?

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