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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the senior that Ulbrickson swapped out for George Morry as coxswain on the sophomore boat at Poughkeepsie in 1935?
(a) Wink Winslow.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Russell Callow.
(d) Ed Stanley.

2. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10 refers to a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Vagary.
(d) Allusion.

3. On what body of water was the first intercollegiate crew race held in the United States?
(a) Langer See.
(b) Lake Siskiyou.
(c) Montlake Cut.
(d) Lake Winnepesaukee.

4. What was Chuck Day's father's profession?
(a) He was a professor.
(b) He was a dentist.
(c) He was a butcher.
(d) He was a shipbuilder.

5. 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?
(a) Cleveland, Ohio.
(b) Long Beach, California.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the train that the Washington crews took to Poughkeepsie in 1934?

2. Who was Joyce Simdars' employer that payed for her to take cooking lessons after she made an unpalatable duck a l'orange?

3. What was novel about the manner in which Joe Rantz's parents married?

4. How tall was the tower that was built on the site where the Maifeld had been at the Reichssportfeld?

5. What crew member for the University of Washington varsity crew in 1936 hailed from Anacortes, Washington, and was an accomplished pianist and athlete?

(see the answer key)

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