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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the NBC announcer that screamed the details of the crew regatta over KOMO's airwaves in Seattle during the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) Ed Stanley.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Bill Slater.
(d) Vic Krulak.

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

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

4. How tall was Bobby Moch in 1936?
(a) 5'7".
(b) 5'9".
(c) 5'3".
(d) 6'1".

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

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

7. How many of Eleanor Holm's fellow athletes signed a petition to have her reinstated in the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) Less than 5.
(b) About 50.
(c) Over 300.
(d) Over 200.

8. What word used to describe Chuck Day in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 11 means inclined to quarrel or combative?
(a) Scullery.
(b) Pugnacious.
(c) Derivative.
(d) Epistolary.

9. Who were in the first and second lanes at the eight-rowed final regatta of the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Czechoslovakia and Argentina.
(b) France and Great Britain.
(c) Germany and Italy.
(d) France and Italy.

10. 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) 375 feet tall.
(d) 150 feet tall.

11. Who were the four crewman that had incomplete coursework and faced being declared ineligible to row at the University of Washington in May of 1936?
(a) Chuck, Stub, Don, and Shorty.
(b) Shorty, Harry, Joe, and Eric.
(c) Joe, Gordy, Wink, and Ed.
(d) Charlie, Ed, George, and Stubs.

12. What crews were the University of Washington boys assigned to race for their preliminary regatta at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) China, Japan, and Ireland.
(b) Germany, Italy, and Argentina.
(c) France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, and Great Britain.
(d) Russia, Italy, France, and Great Britain.

13. What was the name of the Irish port where the American Olympic athletes' ship stopped on July 21, 1936?
(a) Rosslare.
(b) Cobh.
(c) Trivoli.
(d) Kinsale.

14. What crewman at the University of Washington had spent five brutal months fishing for salmon on the Bering Sea in Alaska to raise money to attend college?
(a) Harvey Love.
(b) Gordy Adam.
(c) Ed Stanley.
(d) George Hunt.

15. With what rowing crew did the Washington boys get into a brawl in the cafeteria prior to the Olympic Games in 1936?
(a) The British.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The French.
(d) The Yugoslavians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the ship that the University of Washington crew took to Europe in 1936?

3. What word from Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10 refers to a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd?

4. What was Chuck Day's father's profession?

5. How old did Adolf Hitler turn on April 20, 1936?

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