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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 was new about Tesla's remote controlled device?
(a) It followed directions.
(b) It didn't use wires.
(c) It was small.
(d) It was easily manipulated.

2. What did Tesla call the field created by his transmitter?
(a) World Wireless System
(b) World Wide Web.
(c) World System.
(d) World Wireless Net.

3. What did Tesla say was the real reason for the transmitter not being completed?
(a) It was too powerful.
(b) It was not yet time.
(c) It would cause political problems.
(d) It was not properly thought out.

4. Where did Tesla first try to sell his remote control technology?
(a) Edison.
(b) The government.
(c) The military.
(d) The phone company.

5. What did Tesla say was the cause of war?
(a) Greed.
(b) Altering levels of power.
(c) The differences in people.
(d) Past calamities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which invention of Tesla's was not widely used?

2. What did Tesla think would power the humanoid machine?

3. Whom did Tesla defend at the end of Chapter 5?

4. How was Tesla received when he first tried to sell his remote control technology?

5. Why did Tesla's transmitter backer withdraw their support?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Tesla say his transmitter was never completed?

2. What happened when some Americans in Paris first offered to back Tesla's motor invention?

3. How big of an impact did Tesla think his transmitter would bring?

4. How did Tesla feel about the League of Nations, and why?

5. What did Tesla say was the root cause of war?

6. What kind of devices did Tesla think could utilize the transmitter?

7. Who is Charles Batchellor?

8. What led Tesla to create the Tesla Coil?

9. What question was Tesla often asked about his inventions?

10. What did Tesla do when he created the Tesla Electric Company?

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