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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 far in advance does Belichick prepare for press conferences?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 15 to 20 minutes.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 0 minutes.

2. Belichick summarizes the Rams as having only ___ basic passing concepts.
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

3. What does Belichick expect his players to do when he asks them what has gone wrong with a play?
(a) Answer him.
(b) Listen to him.
(c) Question him.
(d) Ignore him.

4. When Belichick is hired by the New England Patriots, how is leadership and morale?
(a) There is no leadership but high morale.
(b) There is leadership and high morale.
(c) There is no leadership and morale is low.
(d) There is leadership but no morale.

5. Belichick walks into a press conference having predicted what?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Media topics and his responses.
(c) How many reporters will attend.
(d) His team performance in the upcoming game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of organization is the Patriots franchise?

2. Who is hired for the Head Coach position after Parcells leaves the Patriots?

3. Belichick allows his vision of his team to be _______.

4. What is Bill Belichick's role in the Patriots' organization?

5. Super Bowl XXXVI begins with the Rams returning the opening kick ________ yards.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Super Bowl XXXVI begin?

2. Describe the relationship between Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft.

3. What are the problems facing Belichick when he is hired as Head Coach of the New England Patriots?

4. To what does Belichick attribute losing his first head coach interview in 1989, and what has he learned since regarding this deficiency?

5. What type of football background does Kraft have and where does he work after graduating college?

6. Who is Mike Martz and what is his philosophy about football?

7. Describe how the media perceives both the Patriots and the Rams going into the 2001 Super Bowl.

8. What does Coach Belichick stress going into Super Bowl XXXVI and how does he emphasize this aspect?

9. Describe Adam Vinatieri's personality and why he is not considered a deciding factor in Patriots' games.

10. What is the deciding factor in Super Bowl XXXVI?

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