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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. After how many months of freehand exercise can you safely enter a weight training gym?

2. What weight training exercise is performed on Mondays and Thursdays in Schwarzenegger's plan?

3. What preparation should you do before you begin a progressive resistance workout?

4. In weight training, what exercise helps you develop a great back?

5. How does the "pairs of days" program foster reaching the maximum size and retention of shape and definition for bodybuilders?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is soreness such an important sign when one is performing weight resistance training?

2. What foods make good sources of protein, an important factor for a bodybuilder?

3. In what two contests does Arnold compete in one night in New York?

4. In weightlifting, what process takes forty-eight hours to accomplish?

5. What is the outcome of the Mr. World contest?

6. What two purposes are served by chin-ups behind the neck and rowing with the bar?

7. In Part Two, Chapter One, what are improvements to the body gained by weight resistance training?

8. What are four of the basic ten progressive resistance weight training exercises?

9. After his year in America, how has Arnold's role in bodybuilding shifted?

10. In Part Two, Chapter Two, describe two characteristics of freehand exercises.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arnold details a very specific four-day training program for developing the muscle groups.

Compare and contrast the importance of form as opposed to the amount of weight one person lifts. During his bodybuilding career, how do you think Arnold learned this? Consider a holistic approach: muscles, body development, competition, risk of injury, and so forth. Use examples from the book to substantiate your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Arnold's parents clearly do not understand his choice of bodybuilding as a vocation and express disapproval in various ways.

Discuss the reasons why Arnold's father limits his time at the gym instead of forbidding Arnold to go to the gym at all.

Do you think that Arnold's decision to build a gym at home is a compromise? What do you think it is about his relationship with his father that caused his father not to prohibit gym attendance entirely, and why is Arnold willing to compromise by building the home gym?

Essay Topic 3

Dennis Tinnerino is a formidable opponent for Arnold during many of his competitions. Arnold goes out of his way to study him. And although he is a friend and mentor to Arnold, Reg Park also becomes an opponent of Arnold's during a London competition.

At different times, Arnold has to decide how to approach competition with both of these men. Compare and contrast Arnold's thoughts, actions, and approaches in the competitive situations with the two bodybuilders. Cite evidence of his thought processes and logic from the book.

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