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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. 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) Green Bay, Wisconsin.
(c) Princeton, New Jersey.
(d) Long Beach, California.

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

4. Who was the head of the rowing program at the University of California at Berkeley in 1934?
(a) Angus Hay Jr.
(b) Ky Ebright.
(c) Willis Thompson.
(d) Roger Morris.

5. The author says in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13 that by March 19, 1936, Al Ulbrickson had his best bet for an Olympic boat. Who was at the bow of this boat?
(a) Tom Bolles.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Roger Morris.
(d) Harvey Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college fraternity key did Al Ulbrickson frequently twirl as he talked to the crews at the University of Washington?

2. In what year did the University of California at Berkeley win the Olympic gold for rowing in Amsterdam?

3. How tall was Bobby Moch in 1936?

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

5. What did the game warden do when he spied Joe Rantz poaching salmon in the beginning of Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

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