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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the theme of the seventh annual rally staged at Nuremberg by the Nazi Party in September of 1935?

2. What is the central boulevard in Berlin described by the author in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16?

3. Who won the bronze medal in men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?

4. Who was the coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the American rowing team's performance at their final race in the 1936 Summer Olympics? What strategies were used?

2. What did Bobby Moch's father warn him of when he knew that Bobby would be going to Berlin for the 1936 Olympics? Why?

3. How does the author describe the University of Washington crew's performance at the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1936?

4. How does the author describe the University of Washington crew's performance at the final Olympic trial in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 15?

5. What position did Joe Rantz take at the Grand Coulee Dam site in the summer after his sophomore year at the University of Washington? How much did the job pay?

6. Why was Al Ulbrickson concerned about Don Hume and his performance as the University of Washington crew trained in Germany before their trials in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 17?

7. What did the University of Washington rowing crew come to represent for Seattle and Washington, according to the author in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10? Why did they come to represent this?

8. How does the author describe the whitewashing that took place in Berlin prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16?

9. How and why was the 1936 invasion by the Nazis into Rhineland significant to Adolf Hitler's cause and objectives?

10. What ship did the University of Washington crew take to Europe for the 1936 Summer Olympics? How is the setting of the ship described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the design and construction of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin for the 1936 Olympics. Why do you think the author focuses on this construction? How is the setting of the Olympic Stadium juxtaposed against other settings in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Joe Rantz’s friendship with Roger Morris. What did Joe and Roger have in common? How did they differ? What was the foundation of their friendship?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme and motif of propaganda in The Boys in the Boat. What role did propaganda play in the rise of the Third Reich? What contributions were made by Joseph Goebbels and Leni Reifenstahl to promote the propaganda agenda?

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