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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the central boulevard in Berlin described by the author in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16?
(a) Bornholmer Strasse.
(b) Schönhauser Allee.
(c) Unter den Linden.
(d) Kopenhagener Strasse.

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

4. What two lanes of the racecourse at Grunau were exposed to prevailing winds and could be at times unrowable?
(a) Lanes 3 and 4.
(b) Lanes 5 and 6.
(c) Lanes 1 and 2.
(d) Lanes 7 and 8.

5. Who was Joyce Simdars' employer that payed for her to take cooking lessons after she made an unpalatable duck a l'orange?
(a) Mrs. Brougham.
(b) Mrs. Tellwright.
(c) Mrs. Thompson.
(d) Mrs. Moch.

6. On what date did thirty thousand German troops roll into the demilitarized Rhineland, defying the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact?
(a) January 3, 1936.
(b) March 7, 1936.
(c) September 3, 1936.
(d) April 20, 1936.

7. Who was the coxswain for the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Vic Krulak.
(b) Frank G. Gorrie.
(c) Wilhelm Mahlow.
(d) Angus Hay Jr.

8. Who was the athletic director for Stanford University that attended the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Avery Brundage.
(b) Ed Stanley.
(c) Joe Louis.
(d) Jack Rice.

9. Who was in charge of the cookhouse for the Washington crew when they arrived for the race at Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) Evanda May Calimar.
(b) Wink Winslow.
(c) Frank G. Gorrie.
(d) Joyce Simnars.

10. Who stands on the podium at the medal ceremony at the 1936 Olympics in the photograph that concludes Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 18?
(a) Royal Brougham.
(b) Wink Winslow.
(c) George Hunt.
(d) Bobby Moch.

11. How tall was the tower that was built on the site where the Maifeld had been at the Reichssportfeld?
(a) 248 feet tall.
(b) 200 feet tall.
(c) 150 feet tall.
(d) 375 feet tall.

12. Where was the long-distance runner Louis Zamperini from?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Spokane, Washington.
(c) Cleveland, Ohio.
(d) Torrance, California.

13. Who won the bronze medal in men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Great Britain.

14. Who was the coxswain for the British crew at the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) Avery Brundage.
(b) Gordy Adam.
(c) Ed Stanley.
(d) John Noel Duckworth.

15. What is the name of the lake where the Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events were held in the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Montlake Cut.
(b) Langer See.
(c) Lake Winnepesaukee.
(d) Baalensee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the stroke on the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?

2. What was Bobby Moch's weight in 1936?

3. What deliberately risky tactic did Al Ulbrickson decide to use in the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1936?

4. On what river was the Grand Coulee dam site where Joe Rantz worked?

5. Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?

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