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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By which decade was the marriage between sports and television virtually complete?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1960s.

2. When had Christopher Wood been the captain of the Olympic rowing team?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1968.

3. How much weight could Lewis lift in the dead lift?
(a) 375 pounds.
(b) 525 pounds.
(c) 135 pounds.
(d) 405 pounds.

4. What did Lewis pay Mitch to accompany him to Princeton?
(a) $300.
(b) $400.
(c) $600.
(d) $500.

5. Before the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that a bronze had been won by an American in the single sculls?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1956.

6. What did it cost Lewis to attend the Princeton weekend?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $4,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $3,000.

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

8. How much did Wood and Altekruse spend when they drove from Cambridge to the 1984 Olympic game trials?
(a) $150.
(b) $100.
(c) $200.
(d) $250.

9. Who was the person that Lewis worked with most of the time when he was rowing?
(a) His coach.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His cousin.

10. Who donated the money for the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?
(a) J.P. Morgan.
(b) W.K .Kellogg.
(c) Andrew Carnegie.
(d) John D. Rockefeller.

11. As the 1984 Olympics approached, how long had it been since the United States had had a serious chance to win an Olympic medal?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 30 years.

12. What did Carl Lewis collect?
(a) Stamps.
(b) Antiques and crystal.
(c) Antique automobiles.
(d) Coins.

13. When did the Biglows move West?
(a) After the Spanish American War.
(b) After the Civil War.
(c) After World War II.
(d) After World War I.

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

15. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Biglow go to visit after the finals?

2. What sport did Bouscaren try when he first came to Yale?

3. How much higher was Biglow's erg score than his teammates' scores?

4. Where did Lewis work out when he was rowing?

5. How much did Biglow weigh?

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