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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many liters of oxygen could a world-class rower take in per minute?
(a) 3 liters.
(b) 4 liters.
(c) 5 liters.
(d) 6 liters.

3. Which cities were the most serious rowing cities in America?
(a) New York and Washington, D.C.
(b) Boston and Philadelphia.
(c) Seattle and Portland.
(d) Hartford and New Haven.

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

5. When did Bouscaren graduate from Yale?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sport did Harry Parker encourage rowers to take up because it built up athletic endurance?

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

4. How many more miles did Lewis row after reading an article about Wood in a magazine?

5. How much did Biglow weigh?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lewis support himself?

2. What caused Madison Avenue to become more interested in the Olympics?

3. How did Wood feel when he was rowing in the final?

4. What questions did Biglow ask Parker when he called him before he returned to Cambridge?

5. Why would it have been difficult for the Dallas Cowboys to draft Carl Lewis as a possible wide receiver?

6. What was an economic reason why Christopher Wood chose to travel with Charley Altekruse?

7. What was Jim Dietz's history rowing competitively?

8. Describe Pertti Karppinen.

9. Why did Biglow decide to attend Yale?

10. Why was it difficult to televise rowing?

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