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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 coach made the comment that Biglow was chopping wood when he was rowing?
(a) Charley McIntyre.
(b) Joe Burk.
(c) Frank Cunningham.
(d) George Pocock.

2. What did Lewis do a few months after the Olympics?
(a) Began medical school.
(b) Lectured.
(c) Began working full time at Wells Fargo.
(d) Went back home for a few months to relax.

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

4. What stroke had Lewis and Enquist wanted to maintain in the first Olympic heat?
(a) 34 strokes.
(b) 36 strokes.
(c) 30 strokes.
(d) 32 strokes.

5. When did Enquist graduate from college?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By how much did Lewis and Enquist win the repechage at the Olympics?

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

4. How many oarsmen were invited to the team rowing camp?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Lewis and Enquist room together at the Olympics?

2. Why would the repechage at the Olympics be rowed all-out in a way usually reserved for a final?

3. How did Parker sometimes protect certain oarsmen whose skills he was confident of from the savagery of the seat?

4. Why was Enquist upset with Lewis after they won the challenge boat at Princeton?

5. Why was Biglow's rowing proving to be a mystery to him and his coaches?

6. Why was Wood's fall from rowing so terrible?

7. Why did Parker believe that he should have canceled participation in the Lucerne races?

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

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

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

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