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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When would there be an additional Olympic trial at Princeton for young men who had the right to challenge the camp boats?
2. What was Bouscaren going to buy so he could work out on the water daily?
3. How many double races had Lewis rowed in his life, at the time he and Enquist won the gold?
4. At what mark during the Olympic repechage did Lewis and Enquist take the lead?
5. What elective course did Biglow take at Dartmouth?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Parker believe that he should have canceled participation in the Lucerne races?
2. Why did Parker and Altekruse argue on the day of the Princeton trials?
3. Why was Enquist upset with Lewis after they won the challenge boat at Princeton?
4. What did Lewis decide about his and Enquist's chances at the Olympics after viewing videotapes of Lucerne and last year's world championships?
5. Why was Marine boot camp a revelation to Frank Cunningham?
6. Why was it so difficult for Wood that he was chosen to be a spare by the Olympic rowing committee?
7. What did Biglow like about being in the Olympic camp?
8. Why was Biglow glad that he chose Dartmouth Medical School?
9. What did Lewis have Enquist do because Enquist's forearms were weak?
10. What personal disappointment was Harry Parker fighting during team camp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
Other oarsmen called Paul Enquist Paul "Zenquist". Discuss why Enquist was nicknamed Paul "Zenquist".
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