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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 compare the human mind to?
(a) An electrical current.
(b) A machine.
(c) A computer.
(d) A bowl of water.

2. What did Tesla say would weed out the strong men from the weak?
(a) Will power.
(b) Addictions.
(c) Society.
(d) Nature.

3. Who at the magazine asked Tesla to write?
(a) The owner.
(b) The editors.
(c) The reporters.
(d) The typesetter.

4. Why did Tesla say most people lacked a certain ability?
(a) They were not intelligent enough.
(b) They were too concerned with outward happenings.
(c) They were too selfish.
(d) They were not disciplined enough.

5. What practice did Tesla credit his success to?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Praying.
(c) Writing.
(d) Introspection.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what setting did Tesla think his mother was trapped?

2. Who visited Tesla while he was sick at the higher school?

3. Professor Poeschl was from ______________.

4. What did Tesla hope to be able to control?

5. Where did Tesla grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Tesla say was the purpose of an inventor?

2. What did Tesla say about the Gramme dynamo, and what was his professor's response to this?

3. What did Tesla choose to work on after he recovered from his breakdown in Prague?

4. Why was Tesla's father not more excited about his success at the school?

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

6. Why did Tesla choose to write about his childhood?

7. What kind of aversions did Tesla have in his early years?

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

9. What did Tesla always do before eating?

10. How does the induction motor work?

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