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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 construct in his mind as a child?
(a) Buildings.
(b) Books.
(c) Mazes.
(d) Machines.

2. Where was Tesla's Polytechnic School?
(a) Syria.
(b) Latvia.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

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

4. What subject did Tesla like most in the higher school?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Literature.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Physics.

5. What was the Real Gymnasium?
(a) A Preparatory School.
(b) A men's club.
(c) A bar.
(d) A church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla want to become after going to the higher school?

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

3. How did Tesla classify his age while writing this book?

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

5. What does Tesla dream up while traveling for a year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Tesla started reading Voltaire?

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

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

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

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

6. What did Tesla do when he suddenly figured out how to create his induction motor?

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

8. How and where did Tesla get his first job?

9. Why did Tesla decide to get his first job?

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

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