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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. Some of Bill Parcells' __________ are more notorious than actual football games.
(a) Press conferences.
(b) Fits of rage.
(c) Relationships with women.
(d) Policies.

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

3. What does Bill Belichick expect from life, himself, his team, and his family?
(a) Failure.
(b) Excellence.
(c) Effort.
(d) Happiness.

4. What is Robert Kraft's role?
(a) Patriots' fan.
(b) Patriots' Assistant Coach.
(c) Patriots' Special Teams Coach.
(d) Patriots' Owner.

5. What major event has occurred just before Adam Vinatieri is hired by the Patriots?
(a) The death of Farah Fawcett.
(b) The 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
(c) The September 11th attacks.
(d) The withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many additional draft picks do the Patriots get for losing Parcells?

2. Where is Belichick born?

3. Who does Scott Pioli refer to as ambulance chasers?

4. What position does Belichick play in 1971 at Andover Wesleyan?

5. Where does Robert Kraft go to work after graduating from Columbia University?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Scott Pioli and what do his job responsibilities include?

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

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

4. What does Belichick do to combat what he considers to be "just bad football" at the beginning of the Patriots' 2002 season?

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

6. How does the author obtain information about the Patriots?

7. About what do Kraft and Parcells disagree, resulting in Parcells' leaving the Patriots?

8. When is Bill Belichick hired as Head Coach of the New England Patriots and in what shape is the team?

9. What is the Patriots' game plan and strategy going into the 2001 Super Bowl?

10. How does Super Bowl XXXVI begin?

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