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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of skills does Tesla say he learned from his father?
(a) Productive skills.
(b) Creative skills.
(c) Mental skills.
(d) Practical skills.

2. What allowed Tesla to see inherent dangers?
(a) His experiene.
(b) His observation.
(c) His voices.
(d) His intellect.

3. What did Tesla think was the main purpose of inventors?
(a) Repairing harm.
(b) Promoting humanity.
(c) Saving lives.
(d) Pleasing God.

4. What undermined Tesla's confidence while growing up?
(a) Caring about his self image too much.
(b) Living in the shadow of his brother.
(c) Not respecting his father.
(d) Never having enough money.

5. What did Tesla want to become after going to the higher school?
(a) A clergyman.
(b) An engineer.
(c) A writer.
(d) A professor.

6. What kind of jewelry did Tesla hate?
(a) Necklaces.
(b) Rings.
(c) Earrings.
(d) Brooches.

7. What was Tesla asked to write about?
(a) All of these.
(b) His family.
(c) His education.
(d) His inventions.

8. What is the Gramme dynamo?
(a) A book.
(b) A hard metal.
(c) An institute of study.
(d) A motor.

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

10. What was Tesla unable to do while at the Polytechnic School?
(a) Leave a project unfinished.
(b) Lie to others.
(c) Sleep at night.
(d) Fit in with his comrades.

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

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

13. What did Tesla say was just as harmful as alcohol?
(a) Preservatives.
(b) Hot tea.
(c) Salt.
(d) Tobacco.

14. What distracted Tesla as a child?
(a) Loud noises.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Strange patterns.
(d) Bright lights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice did Tesla credit his success to?

2. What did Tesla say caused his visions?

3. What does Tesla dream up while traveling for a year?

4. What was the occupation of Tesla's uncle?

5. What ability did Tesla say most people lacked?

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