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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My Later Endeavors.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Tesla do at night while at the Polytechnic School?
(a) Wrote letters.
(b) Dreamed.
(c) Partied.
(d) Studied.

4. What would Tesla calculate before eating?
(a) The volume of his food.
(b) The origin of his food.
(c) The number of people in the room.
(d) The nutritional value of his food.

5. What did Tesla say was caused by external stimuli?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Bright light.
(c) Strange tastes in his mouth.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tesla describe the house he lived in after healing from his illness?

2. Where did Tesla hope to place a large water wheel?

3. Who visited Tesla while he was sick at the higher school?

4. Why was Tesla so concerned about the one thing he had no talent for in The Real Gymnasium?

5. What was the Real Gymnasium?

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