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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lewis and Enquist were paired for the double at the team camp, what had the men finished?
(a) 4th.
(b) 5th.
(c) 6th.
(d) 3rd.

2. How long had Parker been pessimistic about the chances for the Bouscaren-Altekruse double?
(a) Since the beginning of the training camp.
(b) Since the finals.
(c) Since the Lucerne regatta.
(d) Since the semi-finals.

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

4. Where was Gary Reid from?
(a) England.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Australia.
(d) Canada.

5. When the oarsmen began showing up for the first race at Princeton, when did Lewis and Enquist arrive to work out?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

6. How long did the record that Cunningham and his crew set for a twelve-boat regatta stand?
(a) Over 3 decades.
(b) 45 years.
(c) Over 2 decades.
(d) 15 years.

7. Where did Biglow and a friend named Paul Most go to enter a regatta one summer?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New Haven.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Boston.

8. When did Lewis hope to row at Henley in a single?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1987.

9. How tall was Enquist?
(a) 6 ft. 7 in.
(b) 6 ft. 3 in.
(c) 6 ft. 1 in.
(d) 6 ft. 6 in.

10. When Enquist and Lewis rowed a double at Duisburg, what place did they take?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 6th.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 5th.

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

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

13. Where was Ricardo Ibarra from?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Chile.
(d) Spain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many weeks of training did Bouscaren and Altekruse lose when they raced at Lucerne?

2. What weather came in while Wood was rowing on the Sunday of the finals?

3. What stroke had Lewis and Enquist wanted to maintain in the first Olympic heat?

4. How did Lewis discover he could achieve instant fame on the tour of the United States with the other Olympic medalists?

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

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