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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 field was created by the transmitter?

2. Where in Germany was Tesla sent while working in Paris?

3. What job did Tesla take after moving from Prague?

4. What kind of area was the transmitter to be used in?

5. What did Tesla say inspired his earlier inventions?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Tesla stop working for Edison?

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

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

6. How did Bauzin try to help Tesla?

7. What did the diagram in Chapter 5 describe?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What obstacles did Tesla face in the progression of his career, and what did he do to get past them? How did this change his outlook on life?

Essay Topic 2

What celebrity did Tesla get most excited about meeting? Why? What happened after this meeting took place?

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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