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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the American scullers won for the past three years, before the 1984 Olympic trials?
(a) Fourth place.
(b) Second place.
(c) First place.
(d) Third place.

2. What job had Wood had in Hartford?
(a) Consultant.
(b) Configuration expert.
(c) Actuarial expert.
(d) Broker.

3. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) New Haven, Connecticut.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

4. How many liters of oxygen could a world-class rower take in per minute?
(a) 5 liters.
(b) 3 liters.
(c) 6 liters.
(d) 4 liters.

5. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?

2. How much did Wood and Altekruse spend when they drove from Cambridge to the 1984 Olympic game trials?

3. Who was the favorite to win the right to represent the United States in the single sculls for the 1984 Olympic games?

4. What was the name of the day school that Biglow attended?

5. When had Christopher Wood been the captain of the Olympic rowing team?

(see the answer key)

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