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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the stroke man for Penn State at the 1936 Olympic trials?
(a) Lloyd Saxton.
(b) Jim Wray.
(c) Charlie McDonald.
(d) Gordy Adam.

2. Where did Al Ulbrickson agree to meet Cal, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Wisconsin, and UCLA for a one-off-two-thousand-meter varsity matchup after Poughkeepsie in 1935?
(a) Long Beach, California.
(b) Princeton, New Jersey.
(c) Green Bay, Wisconsin.
(d) Cleveland, Ohio.

3. What business had Johnny White's father run until the financial crash of 1929?
(a) A logging company.
(b) A bakery.
(c) A scrap steel export business.
(d) A Las Vegas casino.

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

5. Who was the head of the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1934?
(a) Willis Thompson.
(b) Ky Ebright.
(c) Roger Morris.
(d) Angus Hay Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the coxswain of the varsity boat that raced against the freshmen at the University of Washington in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 6?

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

3. From where did Joe Rantz's parents move to Spokane after they married?

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

5. Who was the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program in 1933?

(see the answer key)

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