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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 word from the narrative refers to a boat race?
(a) Intaglio.
(b) Regatta.
(c) Rampart.
(d) Sculler.

2. Who replaced Ed Leader as the head coach of the University of Washington rowing program?
(a) Harvey Love.
(b) Russell Callow.
(c) Willis Thompson.
(d) Ky Ebright.

3. Who was the first person to cross the United States by motor vehicle, traveling by motorcycle from San Francisco to New York?
(a) Angus Hay Jr.
(b) Tom Bolles.
(c) George A. Wyman.
(d) Roger Morris.

4. What was the name of the University of Washington student that accidentally set himself on fire during a bonfire and was killed in 1933?
(a) Willis Thompson.
(b) Byron Noble.
(c) Roger Morris.
(d) Angus Hay Jr.

5. In what country was George Pocock born?
(a) The United States.
(b) Belgium.
(c) The Republic of Ireland.
(d) Great Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?

2. Who was the senior that Ulbrickson swapped out for George Morry as coxswain on the sophomore boat at Poughkeepsie in 1935?

3. What was the name of Joe Rantz's father?

4. What was the name of the swing band that Roger Morris played with for extra money on the weekends while attending school at the University of Washington?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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