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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the swing band that Roger Morris played with for extra money on the weekends while attending school at the University of Washington?
(a) The White Notes.
(b) The Green Keys.
(c) The Black-jackets.
(d) The Blue Lyres.

2. Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Gordy Adam.
(b) Joe Louis.
(c) Ed Stanley.
(d) Ed Leader.

3. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1932.

4. In what year did Seattle's professional hockey team, the Metropolitans, become the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1917.

5. What was the name of the racing vessel that the University of Washington crew took to Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) The City of Seattle.
(b) The Husky Clipper.
(c) The City of Spokane.
(d) The Lady Alice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?

2. On what network did Royal Brougham announce the live broadcast of the Olympic rowing trials in 1936?

3. Who was the president of both the AAU and the American Olympic Committee in 1935?

4. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10 refers to a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd?

5. What was the name of the University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?

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