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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 old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?
(a) 76.
(b) 55.
(c) 39.
(d) 83.

2. How far did Roger Morris walk to the University of Washington each day from his parents' home in Fremont?
(a) 16 miles.
(b) 2.5 miles.
(c) 5.5 miles.
(d) 1.5 miles.

3. What sports writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer had been "loudly backing the cause of the sophomores for months" before the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1935, according to the author in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10?
(a) Royal Brougham.
(b) Ed Stanley.
(c) Charlie McDonald.
(d) Avery Brundage.

4. 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.

5. What lake is used by Princeton University's rowing team?
(a) Langer See.
(b) Montlake Cut.
(c) Lake Winnepesaukee.
(d) Lake Carnegie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the stroke man for Penn State at the 1936 Olympic trials?

2. When was the Aurora Bridge opened?

3. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10 refers to a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd?

4. Who was the coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?

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

(see the answer key)

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