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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. 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 Sears Tower.
(b) The Great Wall of China.
(c) The Great Pyramid at Giza.
(d) The Empire State Building.

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

3. What term refers to a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides?
(a) Dory.
(b) Dinghy.
(c) Clipper.
(d) Kayak.

4. 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) Avery Brundage.
(b) Royal Brougham.
(c) Charlie McDonald.
(d) Ed Stanley.

5. What was the profession of Bobby Moch's father?
(a) He was a schoolteacher.
(b) He was a politician.
(c) He was a watchmaker and jeweler.
(d) He was a baker and chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Irish port where the American Olympic athletes' ship stopped on July 21, 1936?

2. On what date did Joyce Simdar's family home burn to the ground?

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

(see the answer key)

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