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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was George Pocock born?
(a) March 31, 1914.
(b) October 9, 1900.
(c) December 14, 1895.
(d) March 23, 1891.

2. What is the Olympic standard distance for all rowing events?
(a) 500 meters.
(b) 1,000 meters.
(c) 2,000 meters.
(d) 2,500 meters.

3. What word used to describe Chuck Day in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 11 means inclined to quarrel or combative?
(a) Pugnacious.
(b) Derivative.
(c) Epistolary.
(d) Scullery.

4. What was the name of the custom-built sectional boat that Sir Henry Stanley used to search for Dr. David Livingstone in Central Africa in 1874?
(a) SS Manhattan.
(b) Lady Alice.
(c) The Whitehorse.
(d) The Green Dragon.

5. Of the Grand Coulee Dam, the narrator says it was "so massive that by the time it was finished it would be the largest masonry structure built since" what?
(a) The Great Wall of China.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) The Great Pyramid at Giza.
(d) The Sears Tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Joe Rantz earn for the dangerous job jack-hammering on the side of cliff faces at the Grand Coulee Dam site in 1935?

2. In their sophomore year, Joe Rantz's crew changed their rowing chant from "M-I-B" to what?

3. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 9 means noisy or clamorous?

4. Where did Al Ulbrickson agree to meet Cal, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Wisconsin, and UCLA for a one-off-two-thousand-meter varsity matchup after Poughkeepsie in 1935?

5. What was one of the derogatory nicknames that the richer students of the University of Washington called Joe Rantz?

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