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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did some people erroneously describe Tesla's remote control technology?
(a) Magical.
(b) Histerical.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Radioactive.

2. Where in Germany was Tesla sent while working in Paris?
(a) Waldorf.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Munich.
(d) Strassburg.

3. Why did Tesla's transmitter backer withdraw their support?
(a) It was too risky.
(b) It cost too much.
(c) It was taking too long.
(d) It is not stated.

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

5. How did Tesla hope to bring the world together?
(a) Magnifying cultural differences.
(b) Educating the masses.
(c) Putting in place his World Wireless System.
(d) Spreading out wealth.

6. Why did Tesla say most people would never be able to explain strange experiences?
(a) They were not educated.
(b) All of these.
(c) They were too quick to judge.
(d) They did not observe their thoughts.

7. What did Tesla say he was ignorant of when first getting to Paris?
(a) Drafting.
(b) Business.
(c) Inventing.
(d) French culture.

8. What did Tesla never strive to do with his inventions?
(a) Accept all credit.
(b) Replace old inventions.
(c) Make himself famous.
(d) Take away from mankind.

9. What did Tesla construct while he was in Germany?
(a) A brushless ignitor.
(b) A model for the telephone.
(c) A platform for his magnets.
(d) The induction motor.

10. What did Tesla say most people did not observe closely enough?
(a) Their futures.
(b) Their origins.
(c) Their physical nature.
(d) Their thoughts.

11. What does Tesla say was not easily identified in his inventions?
(a) Their dangers.
(b) Their utility.
(c) Their importance.
(d) Their use.

12. What did Tesla say was the cause of war?
(a) Past calamities.
(b) The differences in people.
(c) Greed.
(d) Altering levels of power.

13. What did Tesla get bogged down by while trying to create a great invention?
(a) Financial problems.
(b) Copyrights and patents.
(c) Bureaucratics.
(d) A lack of time.

14. How did Tesla describe humans?
(a) Simple.
(b) All of these.
(c) Complex.
(d) Predictable.

15. How did Tesla explain a vision he saw of his mother as she was dying?
(a) She came to him in spirit.
(b) He had read a letter from her earlier that day.
(c) He had heard a song she sung.
(d) It was like a painting he had seen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla predict for the future at the end of Chapter 5?

2. What did Tesla hope to perpetuate with his inventions?

3. What did Tesla describe getting permission to install?

4. What was Tesla's first company called?

5. What state held Tesla's first transmitter?

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