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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Tesla able to overcome his bad habit?
(a) He used his willpower.
(b) He laughed at those who pursued those habits.
(c) He put himself in a trance.
(d) He locked himself away.

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

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

5. Tesla attributed his creativity to _________________.
(a) His mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Tesla calculate before eating?

2. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?

3. What habit did Tesla overcome?

4. What kind of skills does Tesla say he learned from his father?

5. What did Tesla construct in his mind as a child?

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