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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rowing crew at the 1936 Olympics was comprised entirely of police officers?
(a) The French.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Australians.
(d) The British.

2. How old was Jim Ten Eyck, the coach from Syracuse, in 1935 when Washington went to race in Poughkeepsie?
(a) 55.
(b) 83.
(c) 39.
(d) 76.

3. What business had Johnny White's father run until the financial crash of 1929?
(a) A bakery.
(b) A Las Vegas casino.
(c) A logging company.
(d) A scrap steel export business.

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

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

6. How many eight-oared crews competed in the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

7. Who was the head of Cornell's rowing program at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Charlie McDonald.
(b) Jim Wray.
(c) Lloyd Saxton.
(d) Ed Stanley.

8. What was the theme of the seventh annual rally staged at Nuremberg by the Nazi Party in September of 1935?
(a) The Rally for Peace.
(b) The Rally for Freedom.
(c) The Rally for Europe.
(d) The Rally for Aryans.

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

10. Who was the only University of Washington crew member that did not put on weight while on the ship to Berlin before the Olympic Games?
(a) Joe Rantz.
(b) Royal Brougham.
(c) Vic Krulak.
(d) Don Hume.

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

12. On what date was the medal race for the eight-oared crews in the 1936 Olympic Games?
(a) August 20.
(b) May 12.
(c) August 14.
(d) July 23.

13. 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) Vic Krulak.
(b) George Hunt.
(c) Ed Stanley.
(d) Bill Slater.

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

15. What was the name of the University of Washington's football team before they became the Huskies?
(a) The Sea Dolphins.
(b) The Brewskies.
(c) The Gold Miners.
(d) The Sun Dodgers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the twenty-two-year-old heavyweight boxer from Detroit that rose to prominence against Max Schmeling in 1936?

2. How many men worked in the kitchen for the cafeteria of the Grand Coulee Dam site when Joe Rantz worked there?

3. What was the name of Bobby Moch's father?

4. What is the central boulevard in Berlin described by the author in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16?

5. What crew member for the University of Washington varsity crew in 1936 hailed from Anacortes, Washington, and was an accomplished pianist and athlete?

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