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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tesla excel at in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) History.
(b) English.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

2. Which of these did Tesla refrain from drinking?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Carbonation.
(c) Water.
(d) Fresh juices.

3. What kind of models did Tesla like looking at in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) Wooden.
(b) Mechanical.
(c) Human.
(d) Scientific.

4. Where did Tesla hope to place a large water wheel?
(a) The Great Salt Lake.
(b) Niagara Falls.
(c) The English Channel.
(d) The mill pond.

5. What did Tesla get bogged down by while trying to create a great invention?
(a) A lack of time.
(b) Copyrights and patents.
(c) Financial problems.
(d) Bureaucratics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Tesla get the money to move somewhere to launch his invention?

2. What did Tesla say he was ignorant of when first getting to Paris?

3. Whom did Charles Batchellor work for?

4. How did Tesla's father make him use his mind as a child?

5. Tesla's father was known for ______________.

(see the answer key)

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