View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who donated the money for the lake where the 1984 Olympic trials took place?

2. How many hours did Wood exercise in a year?

3. How much money could Lewis make in three or four months framing houses?

4. How much time might Wood race in a year?

5. When did Woodrow Wilson approach a philanthropist and ask for a donation for the Princeton law school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Christopher Wood known for being particularly experienced in scrounging lodging and food?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Mitch accompany Lewis to Princeton?

8. Why didn't Biglow's grandmother want him to row in the Olympic trials?

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

10. Why did both Biglow and Wood want to be the single sculler in the 1984 Olympic games?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Biglow had two coaches who were strong influences in his rowing career. Compare the relationship that Biglow had with his coaches: Frank Cunningham and Tony Johnson.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why the Americans boycotted the 1980 summer Olympics and how the rowers reacted to this boycott. Wood was quoted as saying that he had to force himself to keep rowing. Discuss why and how Wood would force himself to continue rowing.

Essay Topic 3

Harry Parker offered Lewis a spot as the eighth man in a quad. Using the arguments that Lewis used, argue whether he should or should not have accepted the position.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 848 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample