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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money was donated to dam a stream to make the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) $225,000.
(b) $125,000.
(c) $175,000.
(d) $150,000.

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

3. Which cities were the most serious rowing cities in America?
(a) Hartford and New Haven.
(b) Seattle and Portland.
(c) Boston and Philadelphia.
(d) New York and Washington, D.C.

4. Who donated the money for the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) J.P. Morgan.
(b) John D. Rockefeller.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) W.K .Kellogg.

5. How long did most young men compete in rowing?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. When had Christopher Wood been a spare on an Olympic team, before 1984?

2. How much did Wood and his teammates once spend apiece to stay in a room at the Princeton Motor Lodge?

3. In the late 1870s, how much money might a top sculler make per year in purses?

4. What college did Biglow and Bouscaren row for?

5. Where was Dan Goldberg from?

(see the answer key)

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