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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about himself does Tesla say led to his success?
(a) His parental support.
(b) His physiology.
(c) All of these.
(d) His determination.

2. How long did Tesla attend the higher school?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Six years.

3. How did Tesla save himself when he almost drowned?
(a) He followed the directions of his voices.
(b) He breathed between the dock slats.
(c) He allowed himself to float with the waves.
(d) He used the air bubbles in his pockets.

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

5. What magazine asked Tesla to write?
(a) Engineering Weekly.
(b) Experimental Electrics.
(c) Electrical Experimenter.
(d) Electrical Engineers.

6. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?
(a) The owner.
(b) The typesetter.
(c) The editors.
(d) The reporters.

7. Why did Tesla suppress a talent at a young age?
(a) Other children laughed at him.
(b) He never succeeded.
(c) His brother died.
(d) His father was sick.

8. What does Tesla dream up while traveling for a year?
(a) His new school.
(b) Inventions.
(c) A house.
(d) Speeches.

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

10. Why did Tesla refrain from caffeine?
(a) His father told him to.
(b) It hurt his stomach.
(c) It made him jittery.
(d) It was a harmful stimulant.

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

12. In what setting did Tesla think his mother was trapped?
(a) Naive.
(b) Academic.
(c) Domestic.
(d) Poverty stricken.

13. What did Professor Poeschl teach?
(a) Advanced Trigonometry.
(b) Biology.
(c) Chromatic Chemistry.
(d) Experimental Physics.

14. What did Tesla first try to create with a vacuum?
(a) A water pump.
(b) A time machine.
(c) A perpetual motion machine.
(d) A radio.

15. What ability did Tesla say most people lacked?
(a) True prayer.
(b) Meditation.
(c) Introspection.
(d) Self calming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What devastated Tesla's parents when he was young?

2. Where did Tesla grow up?

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

4. What allowed Tesla to see inherent dangers?

5. What undermined Tesla's confidence while growing up?

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