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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of machine did Tesla plan to make one day without wings?
(a) A farming machine.
(b) A flying machine.
(c) A weather predicting machine.
(d) A communication machine.

2. Tesla compared humans to ____________.
(a) Gods.
(b) Electrical fields.
(c) Machines.
(d) Robots.

3. Who planned to back Tesla's transmitter?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Mr. Vanderbilt.
(d) J.P. Morgan.

4. What kind of machine did Tesla plan to one day make without a rotor?
(a) A communication machine.
(b) A weather predicting machine.
(c) A flying machine.
(d) A farming machine.

5. What had just ended when Tesla was writing this book?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The Depression.
(c) WWI.
(d) WWII.

6. Tesla based his ideas about human responses on ___________.
(a) His laboratory experiments.
(b) All of these.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His observations of his colleagues.

7. What kind of machine did Tesla want to make to mimic humans?
(a) Binary.
(b) Stationary.
(c) Telepathic.
(d) Automatic.

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

9. What did Tesla say would make future wars horrific?
(a) Barbarianism.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Technology.

10. What did Tesla describe getting permission to install?
(a) A doorknob.
(b) A door bell.
(c) A window.
(d) A light fixture.

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

12. Why was Tesla sent to Germany while working in Paris?
(a) To train workers there.
(b) All of these.
(c) To attend a conference.
(d) To make repairs.

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

14. Who told Tesla to go where he ended up launching his great invention?
(a) Bauzin.
(b) Puskas.
(c) Edison.
(d) Batchellor.

15. What was never completed for Tesla's transmitter?
(a) The dual transmitter.
(b) The power voltage units.
(c) The tower.
(d) The batteries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first remote controlled device Tesla made?

2. What did Tesla compare the field of his transmitter to?

3. What kind of transmitter was Tesla working on when he wrote this book?

4. How did Tesla study the impact of his Wireless System?

5. What kind of oscillation did Tesla strive to find?

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