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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 talent did Tesla suppress at a young age?
(a) Composing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Writing.
(d) Inventing.

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

3. 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 drill him in tests.
(c) He would give him problems to solve.
(d) He would leave him alone to finish large tasks.

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

5. What did Tesla do to avoid his distractions as a child?
(a) Wore ear muffs.
(b) Made up new images.
(c) Made special glasses.
(d) Drew patterns that he saw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Tesla calculate before eating?

2. What distracted Tesla as a child?

3. What did Tesla think delayed his development?

4. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?

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

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