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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Tesla punished for ruining a woman's dress?
(a) His father slapped him.
(b) He was not allwoed to go to church.
(c) He was grounded.
(d) All of these.

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

4. What did Tesla think delayed his development?
(a) His poor education.
(b) His lack of nutrition.
(c) His need for approval.
(d) His lack of confidence.

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

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

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

8. When did Tesla begin banishing bad visions?
(a) His childhood.
(b) His teenage years.
(c) His adult years.
(d) His college years.

9. What ability did Tesla have no talent for in The Real Gymnasium?
(a) Acting.
(b) Reading.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Singing.

10. Where did Tesla almost drown?
(a) At the ocean.
(b) By a dock.
(c) In a river.
(d) In a swimming pool.

11. How did Tesla's father make him use his mind as a child?
(a) He would give him problems to solve.
(b) He would let him sit in on his lectures.
(c) He would drill him in tests.
(d) He would leave him alone to finish large tasks.

12. What trick did Tesla once play on his friends?
(a) He cut their hair.
(b) He put salt in their sugar.
(c) He pretended to be crazy.
(d) He pretended to drown.

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

14. What law did Tesla deride?
(a) The Stamp Tax.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Tariffs.

15. Tesla attributed his creativity to _________________.
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Tesla suppress a talent at a young age?

2. What about himself does Tesla say led to his success?

3. What did Tesla do to avoid his distractions as a child?

4. What would Tesla calculate before eating?

5. Why did Tesla think people should have free access to addictive substances?

(see the answer keys)

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