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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what rowing crew did the Washington boys get into a brawl in the cafeteria prior to the Olympic Games in 1936?
(a) The French.
(b) The Yugoslavians.
(c) The Russians.
(d) The British.

2. At what posh hotel did the athletic director from Stanford invite the Washington crew boys to dine with him?
(a) Four Seasons Berlin.
(b) Hotel Adlon.
(c) Lindner Hotel.
(d) Nhow Berlin.

3. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10 refers to a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Vagary.
(d) Ambiguity.

4. What word used to describe Chuck Day in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 11 means inclined to quarrel or combative?
(a) Epistolary.
(b) Scullery.
(c) Pugnacious.
(d) Derivative.

5. How old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?
(a) 76.
(b) 39.
(c) 83.
(d) 55.

6. What was Bobby Moch's weight in 1936?
(a) 145 lbs.
(b) 127 lbs.
(c) 119 lbs.
(d) 176 lbs.

7. Who was the president of both the AAU and the American Olympic Committee in 1935?
(a) Byron Noble.
(b) Charlie McDonald.
(c) Avery Brundage.
(d) Ed Stanley.

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

9. How tall was the tower that was built on the site where the Maifeld had been at the Reichssportfeld?
(a) 375 feet tall.
(b) 150 feet tall.
(c) 200 feet tall.
(d) 248 feet tall.

10. The author says in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13 that by March 19, 1936, Al Ulbrickson had his best bet for an Olympic boat. Who was at the bow of this boat?
(a) Roger Morris.
(b) Tom Bolles.
(c) Byron Noble.
(d) Harvey Love.

11. What book did the Reich League of German Officials have hand-transcribed as a birthday gift for Adolf Hitler on April 20, 1947?
(a) Olympia.
(b) Zweites Buch.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Mein Kampf.

12. Who was the stroke on the University of Washington's crew at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Bobby Moch.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Donald Hume.
(d) Charles Day.

13. What film studio came to shoot newsreel of the University of Washington rowing crew as they practiced in January of 1936?
(a) Universal Pictures.
(b) 20th Century Fox.
(c) Columbia Pictures.
(d) RKO Pictures.

14. On what date was the medal race for the eight-oared crews in the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) July 23.
(b) August 14.
(c) August 20.
(d) May 12.

15. When the author compare's the coxswain's role in a boat to football in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13, he says that the coxswain would comprise what roles on a football field?
(a) Linebacker, cheerleader, and kicker.
(b) Wide receiver, kicker, and fullback.
(c) Kicker, quarterback, and linebacker.
(d) Quarterback, cheerleader, and coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?

2. What did Joyce do after turning off the radio when the Americans won the men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?

3. What business had Johnny White's father run until the financial crash of 1929?

4. In what year did Seattle's professional hockey team, the Metropolitans, become the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?

5. What was the name of the ship that the University of Washington crew took to Europe in 1936?

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