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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 say would make future wars horrific?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Barbarianism.
(d) Technology.

2. Who planned to back Tesla's transmitter?
(a) Mr. Vanderbilt.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) J.P. Morgan.
(d) Thomas Edison.

3. What was Tesla's next step in development after the remote control technology came about?
(a) To extend the range.
(b) To lighten the load.
(c) To market it.
(d) To make it accessible.

4. What kind of device did Tesla say his transmitter could control?
(a) Anything that uses wires.
(b) Anything that is metallic.
(c) All of these.
(d) Anything that uses electricity.

5. How did Tesla explain a vision he saw of his mother as she was dying?
(a) It was like a painting he had seen.
(b) He had read a letter from her earlier that day.
(c) He had heard a song she sung.
(d) She came to him in spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change did Tesla make to his second transmitter?

2. Who tried to find support for Tesla while he was in Germany?

3. What did Tesla see as a major advantage of his work when he was younger?

4. What does Tesla say was not easily identified in his inventions?

5. Where did Tesla go after finishing his first transmitter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tesla hope to change the desert with his transmitter?

2. How did Bauzin try to help Tesla?

3. Where did Tesla think his remote control technology would be best utilized?

4. What kind of machine did Tesla hope to make based on his theory of outward stimuli?

5. What are teleautomatics?

6. What did Tesla say was different about his transmitter?

7. Why did Tesla choose to move to New York?

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

9. How far reaching would the transmitter's field reach, according to Tesla?

10. What happened when Tesla presented his remote control technology to the military?

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