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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. How old was Fritz Kreisler when he was admitted to the Vienna Conservatory?
(a) 13.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 17.

2. Whose quotations open almost each chapter of The Boys in the Boat?
(a) Al Ulbrickson's.
(b) Joe Rantz's.
(c) Ky Ebright's.
(d) George Pocock's.

3. In their sophomore year, Joe Rantz's crew changed their rowing chant from "M-I-B" to what?
(a) M-A-C.
(b) L-O-C.
(c) B-R-B.
(d) L-G-B.

4. What was the name of Al Ulbrickson's wife?
(a) Sarah Ulbrickson.
(b) Maria Ulbrickson.
(c) Idiria Ulbrickson.
(d) Hazel Ulbrickson.

5. What was the name of the ship that the University of Washington crew took to Europe in 1936?
(a) The SS Olympia.
(b) The SS Boston.
(c) The SS Manhattan.
(d) The SS Maryland.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Al Ulbrickson announce his intention to take crews from the University of Washington to the 1936 Olympic Games?

2. On what date does the author say "it began to rain in Seattle as it had never rained before and has never rained since" in Part 1: What Seasons They Have Been Through, Chapter 5?

3. What was the name of the University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?

4. By what name did the dust storm that hit on April 14, 1935 become known?

5. Who revealed to Joe Rantz the location where his father had been living in Part 2: Resiliency, Chapter 8?

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