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

2. What did Tesla suffer as a child?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Several severe illnesses.
(c) Mental strains.
(d) Abuse.

3. What did Tesla do at night while at the Polytechnic School?
(a) Dreamed.
(b) Studied.
(c) Partied.
(d) Wrote letters.

4. How long did Tesla attend the higher school?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

5. What did Tesla say was caused by external stimuli?
(a) Bright light.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) All of these.
(d) Strange tastes in his mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What devastated Tesla's parents when he was young?

2. What did Tesla say would weed out the strong men from the weak?

3. What law did Tesla deride?

4. Professor Poeschl was from ______________.

5. What almost caused Tesla to quit his studies at the Polytechnic School?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tesla use his imagination to help him invent things?

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

3. What gave Tesla a bad reputation in Gospic?

4. What kind of school did Tesla attend? Why?

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

6. How was Tesla able to catch crows?

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

8. What did Tesla say he got from his mother?

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

10. How did Tesla respond to the hallucinations he had as a child?

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