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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

2. On what network did Royal Brougham announce the live broadcast of the Olympic rowing trials in 1936?
(a) NBC.
(b) ABC.
(c) FOX.
(d) CBS.

3. Who was the stroke man for Penn State at the 1936 Olympic trials?
(a) Jim Wray.
(b) Gordy Adam.
(c) Charlie McDonald.
(d) Lloyd Saxton.

4. What was the name of the swing band that Roger Morris played with for extra money on the weekends while attending school at the University of Washington?
(a) The White Notes.
(b) The Blue Lyres.
(c) The Green Keys.
(d) The Black-jackets.

5. How many inches of rain does the author describe falling at the University of Washington during the course of a month of flooding in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?
(a) 19 and a half inches.
(b) 10 and a half inches.
(c) 12 and three-quarters of an inch.
(d) 14 and a quarter inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the time of the University of California at Berkeley's crew in their heat for the 1936 Olympic trials?

2. Who was the head of Cornell's rowing program at the Olympic trials in 1936?

3. Who was the senior that Ulbrickson swapped out for George Morry as coxswain on the sophomore boat at Poughkeepsie in 1935?

4. What was the name of the racing vessel that the University of Washington crew took to Poughkeepsie in 1936?

5. What was the name of the University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?

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