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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My Early Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Tesla's father's occupation?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Factory worker.
(c) Ship captain.
(d) Professor.

2. What did Tesla hope to be able to control?
(a) His dreams.
(b) His country.
(c) His body.
(d) His mind.

3. In what setting did Tesla think his mother was trapped?
(a) Naive.
(b) Poverty stricken.
(c) Academic.
(d) Domestic.

4. How did Tesla feel about writing about his childhood?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Reluctant.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Eager.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tesla suppress a talent at a young age?

2. What did Tesla do to avoid his distractions as a child?

3. How did Tesla describe his mother?

4. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?

5. What would Tesla calculate before eating?

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