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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Tesla's next step in development after the remote control technology came about?
(a) To make it accessible.
(b) To lighten the load.
(c) To extend the range.
(d) To market it.

3. What did Tesla say the invention he was working on while writing this book would do to the world?
(a) Improve it.
(b) Realign priorities.
(c) All of these.
(d) Radically change it.

4. Where did Tesla go after finishing his first transmitter?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Miami.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) New York.

5. Where did Tesla think there was an obvious use for his remote controlled technology?
(a) Radio.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Communication.
(d) War.

6. What did Tesla help Edison produce?
(a) Electric motors.
(b) Telephone receivers.
(c) Telephone wires.
(d) Light bulb fillaments.

7. Who funded the production of Tesla's induction motors?
(a) The Westinghouse Corporation.
(b) Henry Ford.
(c) The Tesla Machine Company.
(d) J.P. Morgan.

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

9. Where did Tesla create his second transmitter?
(a) Long Island.
(b) A Great Lake.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) Alcartraz.

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

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

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

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

14. How did Tesla study the impact of his Wireless System?
(a) Historically.
(b) Practically.
(c) Theoretically.
(d) Emotionally.

15. What did Tesla want his transmitter to be used for?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Communication.
(c) All of these.
(d) Transportation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Tesla to go where he ended up launching his great invention?

2. What did Tesla see as a major advantage of his work when he was younger?

3. What kind of machine did Tesla plan to one day make without a rotor?

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

5. Where did Tesla build his prototype transmitter?

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