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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many crews competed for the right to go to Berlin's 1936 Olympics in Princeton?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

2. 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) Paradox.
(d) Ambiguity.

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

4. What book did the Reich League of German Officials have hand-transcribed as a birthday gift for Adolf Hitler on April 20, 1947?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Mein Kampf.
(c) Zweites Buch.
(d) Olympia.

5. 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 Yugoslavians.
(c) The French.
(d) The Russians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business had Johnny White's father run until the financial crash of 1929?

2. In what year did Seattle's professional hockey team, the Metropolitans, become the first American team to win the Stanley Cup?

3. Where was Fritz Kreisler born?

4. Who was the coxswain for the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?

5. What did Joyce do after turning off the radio when the Americans won the men's eights at the 1936 Olympics?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Al Ulbrickson concerned about Don Hume and his performance as the University of Washington crew trained in Germany before their trials in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 17?

2. How did Al Ulbrickson differ from George Pocock in how he addressed the University of Washington crew during the Olympic training session in 1936? Whose coaching strategies proved the strongest?

3. How did fans and reporters respond when Al Ulbrickson made the decision to pull the sophomore team from the varsity lineup at Poughkeepsie in 1935?

4. How does the author describe Adolf Hitler's reaction when the announcement was made of the outcome of men's eights rowing event at the Olympics?

5. What conflicts arose in the U.S. and other countries regarding Germany hosting the 1936 Summer Olympics? How were these conflicts resolved?

6. Why was the 1936 regatta against the University of California at Berkeley significant for Joe Rantz? How did the University of Washington perform in the race?

7. How does the author describe the whitewashing that took place in Berlin prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 16?

8. Where did the American rowing crews lodge and train during the 1936 Summer Olympics? How is this setting described by the author?

9. What position did Joe Rantz take at the Grand Coulee Dam site in the summer after his sophomore year at the University of Washington? How much did the job pay?

10. How does the author describe the American rowing team's performance at their final race in the 1936 Summer Olympics? What strategies were used?

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