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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 & 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of a business did Wood work for after leaving Hartford?
(a) Insurance company.
(b) Brokerage firm.
(c) Engineering firm.
(d) Consulting firm.

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

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

5. Where was the most revealing image that Steve Kiesling ever saw published of John Biglow?
(a) The Daily Free Press.
(b) The Daily Princetonian.
(c) Yale Daily News.
(d) The Harvard Crimson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money could Lewis make in three or four months framing houses?

2. What job had Wood had in Hartford?

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

4. How fast could a scull move per hour?

5. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?

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