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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Arnold aim for dramatic effect during competition?
(a) By showing his muscles during the entire performance.
(b) By radically altering his physique from a relaxed poser to a sudden appearance of muscles.
(c) By changing the music he uses.
(d) By performing with his trainer.

2. What is the event in London that Arnold performs with Reg Park? Mr. World.
(a) Mr. World.
(b) Mr. Universe.
(c) An exhibition.
(d) Mr. Bodybuilder.

3. To what aspect of bodybuilding does Wag introduce Arnold?
(a) New training equipment.
(b) Show business and the use of music.
(c) New poses.
(d) A new diet.

4. What does hearing applause at the competition make Arnold's father realize?
(a) That Arnold doesn't love him.
(b) He now understands everything that Arnold has achieved.
(c) Arnold has never lived up to his expectations.
(d) That he loves Arnold.

5. Who adopts Arnold as a protégé?
(a) His father.
(b) The bodybuilders in the gym.
(c) His soccer coach.
(d) His neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arnold do to accentuate the definition and separation of specific muscle groups?

2. What is Arnold's most effective motivation?

3. How is Arnold received at the Mr. Universe Competition?

4. What character trait describes Arnold in his first days working with Reg Park?

5. Why does Arnold borrow money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Arnold's reactions to his role as trainer at the Munich gym.

2. Why is Arnold considered a hero by the senior army officers?

3. What are some of the criticisms leveled at Arnold by others in Graz during this teenage period of his early bodybuilding career?

4. List three things Arnold does to win the Mr. Universe title.

5. Despite creating his own separate body training routines, careful attention to meals between training sessions, and goals to win two more upcoming competitions, Arnold has feelings of inadequacy. Why do you think this is so?

6. In Part One, Chapter Two, describe that the reasons that give Arnold satisfaction with bodybuilding as a choice of sport.

7. How does Arnold become addicted to bodybuilding as a sport?

8. What does Arnold decide to change once he begins training in America?

9. How does Arnold finish out his year in the Army?

10. After Arnold enters military service, he leaves his boot camp base without permission in order to compete in the Junior division of the Mr. Europe Junior contest. Describe your reaction to the risk that Arnold took.

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