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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Dan Goldberg from?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Massachusetts.

2. What physical problems had bothered Biglow that interfered with his rowing?
(a) Torn rotator cuff.
(b) Cracked rib.
(c) Bad knees.
(d) Bad back.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Biglow's first choice for college?

4. How much money was brought into town when the Olympic trials were held in Chapter 1?

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

(see the answer key)

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