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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 kind of machine did Tesla plan to make one day without wings?

2. What kind of machine did Tesla want to make to mimic humans?

3. What did Tesla predict for the future at the end of Chapter 5?

4. How did some people erroneously describe Tesla's remote control technology?

5. What did Tesla say would make future wars horrific?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Tesla end his autobiography?

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

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

5. What led Tesla to create the Tesla Coil?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What were Tesla's ideas about war, and how did these ideas come to be?

Essay Topic 3

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

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