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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year did the U.S. boycott the summer Olympic games?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1968.

2. When did the Biglows move West?
(a) After World War II.
(b) After the Civil War.
(c) After the Spanish American War.
(d) After World War I.

3. How much did Wood and Altekruse spend when they drove from Cambridge to the 1984 Olympic game trials?
(a) $200.
(b) $100.
(c) $250.
(d) $150.

4. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 12 minutes.
(d) 5 minutes.

5. How fast could a scull move per hour?
(a) 13 to 14 miles.
(b) 20 to 22 miles.
(c) 30 to 35 miles.
(d) 5 to 8 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?

2. How many hours did Wood practice?

3. By the time of the trials for the 1984 Olympics, how long had it been since Wood graduated from college?

4. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?

5. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?

(see the answer key)

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