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

2. Why was Tesla so concerned about the one thing he had no talent for in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) It was important in inventing.
(b) It was a required part of the curriculum.
(c) He was a perfectionist.
(d) He wanted to be like his father.

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

4. What did Tesla think inventions should improve?
(a) All of these.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Convenience.
(d) Safety.

5. What problem did Tesla run into when first manufacturing his induction motors?
(a) They were not cost effective.
(b) They were hard to create.
(c) They were not widely popular.
(d) They ran on a low frequency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tesla's first company called?

2. What did Tesla say would weed out the strong men from the weak?

3. What did Tesla do to get recognized in his new job after moving from Prague?

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

5. What was Tesla asked to write about?

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