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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Seattle's professional hockey team, the Metropolitans, become the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1900.

2. What was the time of the University of California at Berkeley's crew in their heat for the 1936 Olympic trials?
(a) 6:01.9.
(b) 6:07.8.
(c) 7:12.3.
(d) 6:03.2.

3. What was Chuck Day's father's profession?
(a) He was a butcher.
(b) He was a shipbuilder.
(c) He was a dentist.
(d) He was a professor.

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

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

6. What was the name of Bobby Moch's father?
(a) George Moch.
(b) Avery Moch.
(c) Harry Moch.
(d) Gaston Moch.

7. 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) George Hunt.
(c) Bobby Moch.
(d) Wink Winslow.

8. How old did Adolf Hitler turn on April 20, 1936?
(a) 47.
(b) 36.
(c) 41.
(d) 52.

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

10. 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) Over 200.
(c) Over 300.
(d) About 50.

11. What did Al Ulbrickson announce to the University of Washington crew as they left on the train for Poughkeepsie in 1936?
(a) He wanted them to lose 5-10 pounds.
(b) He wanted them to gain 3-4 pounds.
(c) He wasn't going with them to Germany.
(d) He was quitting coaching.

12. What is the name of the lakeside community in Berlin where the 1936 Olympic rowing, canoeing, and kayaking events took place?
(a) Nikolskoë.
(b) Dahlem.
(c) Mitte.
(d) Grunau.

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

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

15. Who was the Kansas City AP bureau chief that first coined the phrase "the dust bowl"?
(a) Byron Noble.
(b) Frank G. Gorrie.
(c) Harvey Love.
(d) Ed Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did the University of Washington crew members depart on the train for Poughkeepsie in 1936?

2. How tall was Bobby Moch in 1936?

3. With what rowing crew did the Washington boys get into a brawl in the cafeteria prior to the Olympic Games in 1936?

4. 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?

5. Who was the stroke for the British crew at the 1936 Olympics?

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