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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Tesla hope to transmit?
(a) Sounds.
(b) All of these.
(c) Locations.
(d) Images.

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

5. What did Tesla say was the real reason for the transmitter not being completed?
(a) It was not yet time.
(b) It would cause political problems.
(c) It was too powerful.
(d) It was not properly thought out.

6. What did the Tesla Coil control?
(a) Motor speed.
(b) Electrical currents.
(c) Light apertures.
(d) Magnetic fields.

7. What kind of field was created by the transmitter?
(a) Electric.
(b) Static.
(c) Magnetic.
(d) Revolving.

8. How did Tesla get the money to move somewhere to launch his invention?
(a) He emptied his bank account.
(b) He sold all his possessions.
(c) He cashed out his inheritance.
(d) He took out a loan.

9. What was the first remote controlled device Tesla made?
(a) Cars.
(b) Planes.
(c) Boats.
(d) Radios.

10. What did Tesla say inspired his earlier inventions?
(a) Existing devices.
(b) Old paintings.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Lectures from his father.

11. What form was this book originally written in?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Lectures.
(c) Journal entries.
(d) Articles.

12. Why did Tesla move to Paris?
(a) The woman he loved moved there.
(b) He was offered a job there.
(c) His parents asked him to move there.
(d) He hoped to see Edison while there.

13. What did Tesla do every day in Paris before going to work?
(a) Practiced his sketching.
(b) Took a long swim.
(c) Ate bicuits at an ale house.
(d) Ran a mile.

14. What did Tesla call his remote controlled technology?
(a) Wireless Control.
(b) Robotic computation.
(c) Remote access pneumology.
(d) Teleautomatics.

15. Which invention of Tesla's was not widely used?
(a) The Tesla Coil.
(b) The induction motor.
(c) All of these.
(d) The arc lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla say would make future wars horrific?

2. Where did Tesla go after finishing his first transmitter?

3. How much was Tesla promised from Edison?

4. How was Tesla received when he first tried to sell his remote control technology?

5. What job did Tesla take after moving from Prague?

(see the answer keys)

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