View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall was Pertti Karppinen?
(a) 6 ft. 4 in.
(b) 6 ft. 7 in.
(c) 6 ft. 6 in.
(d) 6 ft. 5 in.

2. What were Anthony Bouscaren's religious beliefs?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Catholic.

3. How long would each oarsman row when on the ergometer?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 12 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

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

5. When did Karppinen first win an Olympic gold medal?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1972.

6. Where were the Olympic trials held in Chapter 1?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) New Haven, Connecticut.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

7. What name did Harry Parker use once when he anonymously entered the Head of the Charles regatta?
(a) T. Lazarus.
(b) L. Tolstoy.
(c) C. Dickens.
(d) R. Van Winkle.

8. When had Christopher Wood been a spare on an Olympic team, before 1984?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1968.

9. Who was the favorite to win the right to represent the United States in the single sculls for the 1984 Olympic games?
(a) Joe Bouscaren.
(b) John Biglow.
(c) Charley Altekruse.
(d) Christopher Wood.

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

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

12. How much higher was Biglow's erg score than his teammates' scores?
(a) 7 percent.
(b) 5 percent.
(c) 12 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

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

14. What sport did Bouscaren try when he first came to Yale?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Football.
(d) Tennis.

15. When a race was over and Wood had rowed at his peak, how long would it take his body to physically replenish?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time might Wood race in a year?

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

3. At what mark did Lewis surge ahead of Bouscaren in the finals?

4. How old was Biglow when he won a bronze in a world regatta?

5. Prior to the 1984 Olympics, when was the last time that an American won gold in rowing?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 329 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample