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

2. Who was President the year that the U.S. boycotted the summer Olympic games?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Richard Nixon.

3. How tall was Lewis?
(a) 6 ft. 3 in.
(b) 5 ft. 11 in.
(c) 6 ft. 1 in.
(d) 6 ft. 4 in.

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

5. Where did Lewis work out when he was rowing?
(a) Long Beach.
(b) Newport.
(c) Mission Bay.
(d) Naples Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the person that Biglow visited after the finals?

2. How much did Wood pay for a brand-new scull in the spring before the Olympic trials?

3. What did Wood do after losing the final?

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

5. Who was the person that Lewis worked with most of the time when he was rowing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Fritz Hagerman, an Ohio University professor who specialized in testing athletes, believe was a reason why those who dominated in sculling were physiological freaks?

2. What was Biglow's father's idea of success?

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

4. How did Lewis support himself?

5. Why were the American teams at a disadvantage competing against the Europeans in the Olympic games?

6. What were some things that inspired Wood to continue rowing?

7. Why did a sculler have to find motivation within himself?

8. Why did a photo of John Biglow published in the "Yale Daily News" make Steve Kiesling a little uneasy?

9. What adjustments did Altekruse have to make when he went from being an oarsman to a sculler?

10. Why wasn't Brad Lewis taken seriously as a rower?

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