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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. How much of a rest period should you have between sets in weight training?

2. What helps you keep from becoming muscle bound?

3. What is essential to use when one begins performing any type of bodybuilding training?

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

5. What is an ideal time at which to work out?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part Two, Chapter Five, what factors does Arnold say are influencing the rapid evolution of bodybuilding?

2. What muscle groups are worked on Mondays and Thursdays in a weight training program?

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

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

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

6. In Part Two, Chapter Three, what are three considerations when selecting a gym?

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

8. What are the goals of accelerated progressive resistance weight training?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

During Arnold's compulsory year of Austrian Army service, he considers the situation and then takes a risk to leave the base without permission in order to compete in the Mr. Europe Junior bodybuilding competition.

What factors from Arnold's upbringing and passion for bodybuilding do you think motivate Arnold to take this risk?

Why do you think that Arnold's winning trophy is sufficient to help him endure the seven days of confinement, and what does this say to you about Arnold's internal fortitude?

Essay Topic 3

With Barbara, Arnold enters into his first positive, longer term relationship with a woman in America. But after several years, she leaves him when she decides he isn't capable of being in a committed relationship.

Explain why you think Arnold is unable to make the compromises necessary to have a career and a rewarding relationship at the same time.

With the disappointment of the breakup, discuss what Arnold learns about relationships based on his two years with Barbara.

Do you see evidence later in the book that Arnold has used what he learned from this relationship in his future endeavors?

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