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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) Mental skills.
(b) Practical skills.
(c) Creative skills.
(d) Productive skills.

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

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

4. How did Tesla get good at his best subject at The Real Gymnasium?
(a) He wrote a lot as a child.
(b) He pictured complex problems in his head.
(c) He read novels about historical men.
(d) He memorized the text book.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How did Tesla describe his mother?
(a) All of these.
(b) Domestic genius.
(c) Tireless worker.
(d) Creative inventor.

12. Who visited Tesla while he was sick at the higher school?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His uncle.

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

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

15. How did Tesla classify his age while writing this book?
(a) Middle years.
(b) Obsequious years.
(c) Young years.
(d) Elderly years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla suffer as a child?

2. What did Tesla compare the human mind to?

3. Which of these did Tesla refrain from drinking?

4. Whom did Tesla live with after he healed from his illness?

5. Where was Tesla's Polytechnic School?

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