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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Kansas City AP bureau chief that first coined the phrase "the dust bowl"?
(a) Byron Noble.
(b) Harvey Love.
(c) Ed Stanley.
(d) Frank G. Gorrie.

2. Who was the coxswain for the British crew at the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) John Noel Duckworth.
(b) Ed Stanley.
(c) Avery Brundage.
(d) Gordy Adam.

3. What was the name of the University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?
(a) Willis Thompson.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Angus Hay Jr.
(d) Roger Morris.

4. Who was the head of Cornell's rowing program at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Jim Wray.
(b) Ed Stanley.
(c) Lloyd Saxton.
(d) Charlie McDonald.

5. How many inches of rain does the author describe falling at the University of Washington during the course of a month of flooding in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?
(a) 10 and a half inches.
(b) 14 and a quarter inches.
(c) 12 and three-quarters of an inch.
(d) 19 and a half inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?

2. Who were the four crewman that had incomplete coursework and faced being declared ineligible to row at the University of Washington in May of 1936?

3. When was the first Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta held?

4. How old did Adolf Hitler turn on April 20, 1936?

5. What was the name of Roger Morris's family's moving business?

(see the answer key)

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