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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. What is important about the clothing you wear when you work out?
(a) It should be loose.
(b) It should conform to the colors of your gym.
(c) It should be tight fitting.
(d) It should be cotton.

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

3. It is important to pay attention to what muscle problem when one first starts training?
(a) Twitching.
(b) Itching.
(c) Cramping.
(d) Soreness.

4. On what areas does Schwarzenegger say you concentrate on Mondays and Thursdays in an accelerated training program?
(a) Legs, arms, and waist.
(b) Back, chest, and shoulders.
(c) Back, legs, and waist.
(d) Abdominals, arms, and waist.

5. In addition to the arms, triceps, biceps, and waist, what other two areas does the Wednesday and Saturday accelerated program target?
(a) Calves and forearms.
(b) Back and legs.
(c) Forearms and back.
(d) Calves and back.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Arnold work out when he settles in California?

2. What body parts should be developed equally in a bodybuilding training program?

3. From what foods do the highest quality proteins originate?

4. How does the "pairs of days" program foster reaching the maximum size and retention of shape and definition for bodybuilders?

5. In a freehand exercise routine, what can provide resistance in addition to free weights?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe two considerations when choosing the amount of weight with which to train in accelerated progressive resistance weight training.

2. After his year in America, how has Arnold's role in bodybuilding shifted?

3. In Part Two, Chapter One, what are improvements to the body gained by weight resistance training?

4. What are the three pairs of workout days used with accelerated progressive resistance weight training?

5. In weightlifting, what process takes forty-eight hours to accomplish?

6. In Part Two, Chapter Four, what are two key factors that lead to winning bodybuilding competitions?

7. What two purposes are served by chin-ups behind the neck and rowing with the bar?

8. List at least three rules to follow once one begins training in a weight training gym.

9. What are several important factors to consider when developing the muscle groups?

10. What happens when a bodybuilder becomes muscle bound?

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