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

2. Why did Parker believe that Buscaren was anxious about the double he was rowing with Altekruse?
(a) Because he was having physical problems.
(b) Because he and Altekruse couldn't get the stroke together.
(c) Because of the Wood-Biglow double.
(d) Because of the Lewis-Enquist double.

3. When Lewis and Enquist came to Princeton for the double race, by how many lengths did they win their heat?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. How many of the years before the Olympic trials had Wood spent rowing by himself?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. By how many seconds did Lewis and Enquist win the gold?
(a) 3.2 seconds.
(b) 4.7 seconds.
(c) 1.5 seconds.
(d) 2.4 seconds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Andy Warhol say that fame lasted?

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

3. Who did Wood row with on the Sunday of the finals?

4. What did Biglow call his rowing coach at Yale?

5. Who did Wood think long and hard about inviting to his engagement party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Parker and Altekruse argue on the day of the Princeton trials?

2. What did Biglow like about being in the Olympic camp?

3. Why was it so difficult for Wood that he was chosen to be a spare by the Olympic rowing committee?

4. How did Biglow and Most get an opportunity to row in a regatta in the East?

5. What did Lewis have Enquist do because Enquist's forearms were weak?

6. Why was Marine boot camp a revelation to Frank Cunningham?

7. Why did Lewis nickname Altekruse's and Bouscaren's boat?

8. How did Tony Johnson help Lewis and Enquist at Ithaca?

9. What personal disappointment was Harry Parker fighting during team camp?

10. What did Wood do after the Olympics?

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