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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tesla think his humanoid machine could come to have?

2. What form was this book originally written in?

3. What did Tesla want his transmitter to be used for?

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

5. What did Tesla say he was ignorant of when first getting to Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Tesla end his autobiography?

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

4. Who is Charles Batchellor?

5. Why did Tesla stop working for Edison?

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

7. What were some of the potential uses of Tesla's transmitter?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freedom was a crucial theme and symbol in this book. How was this theme presented, and how did its place in this plot affect the main people in Tesla's life?

Essay Topic 2

What did Tesla say was his most important invention? Why was it the most important?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the strange quirks that Tesla had, and how did the people around him respond to these things?

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