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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 flying machine.
(b) A weather predicting machine.
(c) A farming machine.
(d) A communication machine.

2. Where did Tesla first try to sell his remote control technology?
(a) The phone company.
(b) The government.
(c) The military.
(d) Edison.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Whom did Tesla defend at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The media men.
(b) His partner.
(c) Edison.
(d) J.P. Morgan.

13. Why did Tesla quit working for Edison?
(a) Tesla insulted him.
(b) Edison insulted Tesla.
(c) There was a dispute over pay.
(d) Edison refused to see Tesla's induction motor idea.

14. What did Tesla predict for the future at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) His invention would die with him.
(b) He would be heralded as a great man.
(c) He would back his own project.
(d) His invention would one day be used.

15. Where did Tesla finally go to launch his great invention?
(a) England.
(b) America.
(c) Hungary.
(d) Russia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla do to get recognized in his new job after moving from Prague?

2. Who tried to find support for Tesla while he was in Germany?

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

4. How big did Tesla say the field from his transmitter could be?

5. What was Charles Batchellor's occupation?

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