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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Bobby Moch grow up?
(a) Berkeley, California.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Spokane, Washington.
(d) Montesano, Washington.

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

4. Who was the coxswain for Navy at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Wink Winslow.
(b) Joe Louis.
(c) Vic Krulak.
(d) Gordy Adam.

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

6. Where was Fritz Kreisler born?
(a) France.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Austria.

7. Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Ed Stanley.
(b) Gordy Adam.
(c) Joe Louis.
(d) Ed Leader.

8. What was Bobby Moch's weight in 1936?
(a) 145 lbs.
(b) 176 lbs.
(c) 119 lbs.
(d) 127 lbs.

9. When the author compare's the coxswain's role in a boat to football in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13, he says that the coxswain would comprise what roles on a football field?
(a) Wide receiver, kicker, and fullback.
(b) Kicker, quarterback, and linebacker.
(c) Quarterback, cheerleader, and coach.
(d) Linebacker, cheerleader, and kicker.

10. 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) Byron Noble.
(b) Tom Bolles.
(c) Harvey Love.
(d) Roger Morris.

11. How much did Joe Rantz earn for the dangerous job jack-hammering on the side of cliff faces at the Grand Coulee Dam site in 1935?
(a) 2 dollars an hour.
(b) 75 cents an hour.
(c) 50 cents an hour.
(d) 25 cents an hour.

12. Who was the stroke for the British crew at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) George Hunt.
(b) William George Ranald Mundell Laurie.
(c) Gordy Adam.
(d) George A. Wyman.

13. 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) Allusion.
(b) Vagary.
(c) Ambiguity.
(d) Paradox.

14. What crew member for the University of Washington varsity crew in 1936 hailed from Anacortes, Washington, and was an accomplished pianist and athlete?
(a) Don Hume.
(b) Wink Winslow.
(c) Gordy Adam.
(d) Avery Brundage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the coach of the U.S. women's swimming team that expelled Eleanor Holm from the Olympic team due to her drinking in 1936?

2. What did Adolf Hitler do when the announcement was made of the winners of the men's eights event at the 1936 Olympics?

3. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?

4. 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?

5. What was the time of the University of California at Berkeley's crew in their heat for the 1936 Olympic trials?

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