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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 & 2 Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Biglow from?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Boston.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Seattle.

2. Biglow and Bouscaren were staying with Donald Beer. When did Beer graduate from Yale?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1959.

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

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

5. What reason did Wood's father believe kept Wood rowing?
(a) The money.
(b) The competition.
(c) The prestige.
(d) The Olympics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?

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

3. Who was the Harvard sweep oarsman who had a tough time dealing with the mental adjustment to sculling?

4. Where did Bouscaren go to medical school?

5. How much older was Wood than most of his competitors?

(see the answer key)

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