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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Bouscaren go to medical school?
(a) Cornell Medical School.
(b) Harvard Medical School.
(c) Stanford University Medical School.
(d) Dartmouth Medical School.

2. What job had Wood had in Hartford?
(a) Consultant.
(b) Broker.
(c) Configuration expert.
(d) Actuarial expert.

3. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Gerald Ford.

4. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?
(a) New Haven, Connecticut.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

5. When Donald Beer won an Olympic gold medal, what rowing event did he compete in?
(a) Single sculler.
(b) A Yale double.
(c) A Yale eight.
(d) A Yale four.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the annual rowing race between Yale and Harvard?

2. By which decade was the marriage between sports and television virtually complete?

3. Prior to the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that an American won gold in rowing?

4. How fast could a scull move per hour?

5. How old was Biglow when he first rowed in a single scull?

(see the answer key)

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