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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the home water used by the University of California at Berkeley's rowing team in 1934?
(a) The Arcata Bay.
(b) Langer See.
(c) The Oakland Estuary.
(d) Montlake Cut.

2. Who was the coach of the U.S. women's swimming team that expelled Eleanor Holm from the Olympic team due to her drinking in 1936?
(a) Gordy Adam.
(b) Vic Krulak.
(c) Wink Winslow.
(d) Avery Brundage.

3. What is the name of the lake where the Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events were held in the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Lake Winnepesaukee.
(b) Montlake Cut.
(c) Baalensee.
(d) Langer See.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?

2. In what year did the Wright brothers make the first controlled human flight?

3. How old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?

4. In what year did Joe Rantz's parents marry?

5. In what country was George Pocock born?

(see the answer key)

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