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

2. Why did Tesla say most people would never be able to explain strange experiences?
(a) They did not observe their thoughts.
(b) All of these.
(c) They were not educated.
(d) They were too quick to judge.

3. What state held Tesla's first transmitter?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Oregon.
(c) California.
(d) Colorado.

4. What job did Tesla take after moving from Prague?
(a) Tailor.
(b) Operator.
(c) Draftsman.
(d) Bar tender.

5. What kind of machine did Tesla want to make to mimic humans?
(a) Binary.
(b) Telepathic.
(c) Stationary.
(d) Automatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla say the invention he was working on while writing this book would do to the world?

2. How did Tesla explain a vision he saw of his mother as she was dying?

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

4. What was forming while Tesla was writing this book?

5. Why was Tesla sent to Germany while working in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Tesla stop working for Edison?

2. How did Tesla think war would be different in the future and why?

3. Where did Tesla say the idea for most of his inventions came from?

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

5. How did Tesla end his autobiography?

6. What did the Tesla Coil do?

7. What did Tesla do in his free time while in Strassburg?

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

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

10. How did Tesla explain the vision he had of his mother as she was dying?

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