The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Daniel James Brown
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 144 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Daniel James Brown
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 144 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?
(a) They were married in an airplane.
(b) They were married on a mountaintop.
(c) They were married over the telephone.
(d) They were married over the internet.

2. Who wrote an exuberant account of the Cal-Washington varsity regatta for the Associated Press in 1934?
(a) Frank G. Gorrie.
(b) Russell Callow.
(c) Harvey Love.
(d) Willis Thompson.

3. Who accompanied Joe Rantz as he made his way to the University of Washington crew tryouts in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 1?
(a) George A. Wyman.
(b) Tom Bolles.
(c) Roger Morris.
(d) Byron Noble.

4. The first American intercollegiate crew race in America took place in what year?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1808.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1788.

5. What University of Washington crew member's father had been the manager of Bon Marche department store and was famous for hiring spies to infiltrate the unions?
(a) Angus Hay Jr.'s father.
(b) Broussais Beck Jr.'s father.
(c) Frank G. Gorrie's father.
(d) Byron Noble's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend of Joe Rantz's was a central figure in one of Daniel James Brown's earlier books, according to the author in the Prologue?

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

3. What was Bobby Moch's weight in 1936?

4. What word from Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 3 refers to an even balance or distribution of weight?

5. What was the name of the train that the Washington crews took to Poughkeepsie in 1934?

(see the answer key)

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