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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tesla accidentally remove from a woman's dress?
(a) The hem.
(b) Some jewels.
(c) A lace trim.
(d) The train.

2. In what setting did Tesla think his mother was trapped?
(a) Domestic.
(b) Naive.
(c) Poverty stricken.
(d) Academic.

3. What did Tesla think was the main purpose of inventors?
(a) Saving lives.
(b) Repairing harm.
(c) Pleasing God.
(d) Promoting humanity.

4. How did Tesla test the machines he invented?
(a) He would run water through it first.
(b) He would listen to the gears turning.
(c) He would feel the machine as it moved.
(d) He would run them in his imagination.

5. What trick did Tesla once play on his friends?
(a) He cut their hair.
(b) He pretended to drown.
(c) He put salt in their sugar.
(d) He pretended to be crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla first try to create with a vacuum?

2. How did Tesla describe his mother?

3. How did Tesla's father make him use his mind as a child?

4. How did Tesla feel about writing about his childhood?

5. What ability did Tesla say most people lacked?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the induction motor work?

2. What dangerous trick did Tesla once pull on his friends?

3. What did Tesla do to the fire engine that Gospic got?

4. What kind of hallucinations did Tesla have as a child?

5. How was Tesla able to repair his reputation in the town of Gospic?

6. What did Tesla do in response to the death of his brother?

7. What did Tesla always do before eating?

8. What caused Tesla some reluctance in writing about his childhood?

9. What was Tesla doing when he made his motor breakthrough?

10. What does Tesla tell his uncle about Niagara Falls?

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