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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did the U.S. hockey team beat in the 1980 winter Olympics?
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) England.

2. What college did Wood oar for?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Boston University.
(d) Harvard.

3. In the late 1870s, how much money might a top sculler make per year in purses?
(a) $15,000.
(b) $18,000.
(c) $7,500.
(d) $12,000.

4. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1903.

5. Who were two well-known teammates that Wood had crewed with in college?
(a) Shealy and Cashin.
(b) Bucklin and Carpenter.
(c) Ryan and Belinn.
(d) Phillips and Minner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did a scull weigh?

2. How old was Christopher Wood during the time of the 1984 Olympic game trials?

3. What year did the U.S. boycott the summer Olympic games?

4. Where was the most revealing image that Steve Kiesling ever saw published of John Biglow?

5. What did Carl Lewis collect?

(see the answer key)

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