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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Wood and his teammates once spend apiece to stay in a room at the Princeton Motor Lodge?
(a) $7.50.
(b) $10.00.
(c) $5.00.
(d) $15.00.

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

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

4. What year did Biglow graduate from college?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1977.

5. What was Biglow's first choice for college?
(a) Broward College.
(b) Strayer University.
(c) Williams College.
(d) Boston University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical problems had bothered Biglow that interfered with his rowing?

2. Who was Harry Parker's greatest role model?

3. How many liters of oxygen could a world-class rower take in per minute?

4. What was Biglow's grade point average when he graduated from Yale?

5. By which decade was the marriage between sports and television virtually complete?

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