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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What helps you keep from becoming muscle bound?
(a) Stretching.
(b) Working out more.
(c) Massage.
(d) Swimming after your weight workout.

2. In California, what type of lessons does Arnold take to improve his posing?
(a) Gymnastics.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Tap.

3. On what day in your weight training program can you correct weak points in your physique, according to Arnold?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

4. In weight training, what exercise helps you develop a great back?
(a) Rowing with bar.
(b) Chin-ups behind the neck.
(c) Lateral raises.
(d) Press behind neck.

5. What two weight exercises develop the abdominal muscles?
(a) Sit-ups-knees-bent and leg raises-knees bent.
(b) Leg raises-knees bent and rowing with bar.
(c) Rowing with bar and sit-ups-knees-bent.
(d) Lateral raises and leg raises-knees bent.

6. What does Arnold provide Joe Weider in exchange for a car, apartment, and weekly salary?
(a) His training methods and the rights to use Arnold's photographs in his magazine.
(b) New poses.
(c) A new gym.
(d) A ticket home.

7. How many months of free weight training are a prerequisite to a progressive resistance weight training program for most people?
(a) Three to five months.
(b) Four to six months.
(c) Three to four months.
(d) One to four months.

8. What term represents the experience of feeling blood rushing into the pectoral muscles?
(a) The pump.
(b) The bridge.
(c) The rush.
(d) The flow.

9. After how many months of freehand exercise can you safely enter a weight training gym?
(a) One to four months.
(b) One to three months.
(c) Two to three months.
(d) Two to six months.

10. What exercise is performed on a bench with a padded lever bar at one end?
(a) Bench press.
(b) Lateral raise.
(c) Extensions.
(d) Calf lifts.

11. What type of exercises do not require gym equipment?
(a) Strengthening exercises.
(b) Freehand exercises.
(c) Floor exercises.
(d) Stretches.

12. What ensures a high energy level for a workout?
(a) Eating something one hour before beginning.
(b) Eating something two hours before beginning.
(c) Eating nothing before beginning.
(d) Having a snack.

13. What is exhaled each time resistance is experienced?
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Breath.
(c) Water.
(d) Spit.

14. What type of squats are recommended during weight training?
(a) Squats with greater weights, and partials, three quarters of the way down.
(b) Full squats with no weights.
(c) Full squats with greater weights.
(d) Squats with fewer weights, three quarters of the way down.

15. What is essential to use when one begins performing any type of bodybuilding training?
(a) The mind.
(b) Equipment.
(c) The body.
(d) Vitamins.

Short Answer Questions

1. If you sit for two minutes between each accelerated training set, what happens?

2. After the Mr. World competition, what services does Arnold offer to bodybuilders?

3. What factors have influenced the rapid evolution of bodybuilding in the 1970's?

4. How much weight should you use when working out with weights?

5. In addition to a warm, kind-hearted friend, what other personality trait does Joe Wider display?

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