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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which coach did Biglow enjoy talking to at the Olympic camp?
(a) The Romanian coach.
(b) The Canadian coach.
(c) The Finnish coach.
(d) The West German coach.

2. What words did Lewis write on a three-foot inflatable shark that he gave Enquist?
(a) Stay Hungry.
(b) Eat them alive.
(c) The strong will eat the weak.
(d) Devour the competition.

3. What elective course did Biglow take at Dartmouth?
(a) A course on stress.
(b) A course on global health.
(c) A course on sports medicine.
(d) A course on on wilderness medicine.

4. Where did Bouscaren begin his internship?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) New York.

5. Where did Lewis and Enquist go to practice after telling Parker they wanted their own double?
(a) Lake Stevens.
(b) Bolgoda Lake.
(c) Lake Cayuga.
(d) Greenwood Lake.

6. Who recorded a tape that Lewis and Enquist would listen to everyday for motivation?
(a) Frank Cunningham.
(b) Harry Parker.
(c) Tony Johnson.
(d) Mike Livingston.

7. When did Cunningham and Biglow have a major confrontation?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1982.

8. Who was the strongest competition in the repechage at the Olympics?
(a) Canada.
(b) Finland.
(c) West Germany.
(d) Yugoslavia.

9. What did Lewis nickname Altekruse's and Bouscaren's boat?
(a) The Rough Boat.
(b) The Love Boat.
(c) The Bug Boat.
(d) The Smooth Boat.

10. Who did Lewis and Enquist compete against in the first Olympic heat?
(a) Finland and Canada.
(b) West Germans and Norwegians.
(c) Belgium and Yugoslavia.
(d) Australia and Romania.

11. How much did Frank Cunningham weigh when he returned to Harvard after the war?
(a) 180 pounds.
(b) 165 pounds.
(c) 175 pounds.
(d) 170 pounds.

12. At the Olympics, whose shoes did Lewis want to fill?
(a) The Canadians.
(b) The West Germans.
(c) The Yugoslavs.
(d) The East Germans.

13. What did Biglow send to his friends when he wrote after the Olympics?
(a) Olympic keychains.
(b) Olympic rowing pins.
(c) Olympic coins.
(d) A picture of him rowing.

14. When did Tony Johnson win a silver medal?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1960.

15. Who did Lewis want to row a double with in the fall after the Olympics?
(a) Enquist.
(b) Dietz.
(c) Wood.
(d) Bouscaren.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lewis and Enquist were paired for the double at the team camp, what had the men finished?

2. When Dietz and Wood came to Princeton for the double race, how many days had they been practicing together?

3. How many weeks did Parker have to pick both the double and the quad?

4. Who was stroking the quad at the finals?

5. Where did Biglow and a friend named Paul Most go to enter a regatta one summer?

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