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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Cunningham and Biglow have a major confrontation?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1982.

2. How long did Andy Warhol say that fame lasted?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

3. How many double races had Lewis rowed in his life, at the time he and Enquist won the gold?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 15.

4. What elective course did Biglow take at Dartmouth?
(a) A course on stress.
(b) A course on on wilderness medicine.
(c) A course on sports medicine.
(d) A course on global health.

5. How much did Lewis pay for a stand-room ticket to watch the final of the single sculls when he attended the Olympics in 1976?
(a) $3.
(b) $7.
(c) $5.
(d) $4.

6. What did Biglow send to his friends when he wrote after the Olympics?
(a) Olympic keychains.
(b) Olympic rowing pins.
(c) A picture of him rowing.
(d) Olympic coins.

7. Who did Wood think long and hard about inviting to his engagement party?
(a) Frank Cunningham.
(b) Charley McIntyre.
(c) Harry Parker.
(d) Tony Johnson.

8. How many oarsmen were invited to the team rowing camp?
(a) 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

9. When the oarsmen began showing up for the first race at Princeton, when did Lewis and Enquist arrive to work out?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

10. What was the highest stroke that Enquist could maintain in the single?
(a) 32.
(b) 31.
(c) 29.
(d) 27.

11. When did Karl Adam, coach of the Ratzeburg oarsmen, become an influential figure in America?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

12. How much did Frank Cunningham weigh when he returned to Harvard after the war?
(a) 165 pounds.
(b) 180 pounds.
(c) 170 pounds.
(d) 175 pounds.

13. How many weeks did Parker have to pick both the double and the quad?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 7 weeks.

14. Whose flagpole did Lewis want to desecrate?
(a) West German.
(b) East German.
(c) Yugoslav.
(d) Finland.

15. When did Enquist graduate from college?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Biglow and a friend named Paul Most go to enter a regatta one summer?

2. Where was Gary Reid from?

3. When Lewis and Enquist were paired for the double at the team camp, what had the men finished?

4. After college, where did Enquist work for a few months?

5. What was Jim Dietz's father's job?

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