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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 kind of skills does Tesla say he learned from his father?
(a) Productive skills.
(b) Creative skills.
(c) Practical skills.
(d) Mental skills.

2. What did Tesla dislike about the city of Gospic when he first moved there?
(a) It was too cold.
(b) It was too noisy.
(c) It was too crowded.
(d) It was too big.

3. What did Tesla first try to create with a vacuum?
(a) A water pump.
(b) A radio.
(c) A time machine.
(d) A perpetual motion machine.

4. How did Tesla feel about writing about his childhood?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Ambivalent.
(c) Eager.
(d) Reluctant.

5. Where did Tesla hope to place a large water wheel?
(a) The English Channel.
(b) The Great Salt Lake.
(c) Niagara Falls.
(d) The mill pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla say was caused by external stimuli?

2. What did Tesla accidentally remove from a woman's dress?

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

4. Whom did Tesla live with after he healed from his illness?

5. What allowed Tesla to see inherent dangers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gave Tesla a bad reputation in Gospic?

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

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

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

5. What did Tesla suffer from during his breakdown in Prague?

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

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

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

9. What did Tesla always do before eating?

10. What weapons was Tesla good at using?

(see the answer keys)

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