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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. In what freehand exercise do you touch the floor only with the chest, hands, and feet?

2. Why is it important to have a day of rest between each progressive resistance workout?

3. What term represents the experience of feeling blood rushing into the pectoral muscles?

4. In what city does Arnold beat Sergio Oliva in the Mr. World contest?

5. What does Arnold provide Joe Weider in exchange for a car, apartment, and weekly salary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two activities that you should perform prior to a weightlifting workout?

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

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

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

5. What happens when a bodybuilder becomes muscle bound?

6. In Part Two, Chapter Five, what factors does Arnold say are influencing the rapid evolution of bodybuilding?

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

8. In Part Two, Chapter Two, describe two characteristics of freehand exercises.

9. Why is soreness such an important sign when one is performing weight resistance training?

10. What foods make good sources of protein, an important factor for a bodybuilder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arnold devotes several pages in the book to the importance of nutritional and balanced eating in order to develop muscles.

Arnold lists four basic food groups in his book, published in 1977. Research the food groups published this year by the U.S. government, and then compare and contrast the differences in the two philosophies.

What is your opinion of Arnold's recommendations given the year in which he publishes them and the fact that that they are based on personal experience?

Essay Topic 2

Arnold carefully lays out a preparation program and the elements of a three-day-a-week progressive resistance weight training program.

What is the primary purpose of this weight training program? In what ways do the exercises in this program build a foundation for all other bodybuilding initiatives?

Of all the preparation considerations Arnold describes, which do you think is the most important? State your reasons, citing examples of the book where you feel they are necessary.

Essay Topic 3

During Arnold's compulsory year of Austrian Army service, he considers the situation and then takes a risk to leave the base without permission in order to compete in the Mr. Europe Junior bodybuilding competition.

What factors from Arnold's upbringing and passion for bodybuilding do you think motivate Arnold to take this risk?

Why do you think that Arnold's winning trophy is sufficient to help him endure the seven days of confinement, and what does this say to you about Arnold's internal fortitude?

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