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

2. How old was Eleanor Holm in 1936?
(a) 22.
(b) 35.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

3. How much money did the Nazi government secretly funnel to Leni Riefenstahl for the purpose of producing the film "Olympia"?
(a) 2.8 million reichsmarks.
(b) 1.5 million reichsmarks.
(c) 3.75 million reichsmarks.
(d) 4 million reichsmarks.

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

5. Who was the stroke on the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?
(a) Wink Winslow.
(b) Vic Krulak.
(c) Angus Hay Jr.
(d) Gerd Vols.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date was the medal race for the eight-oared crews in the 1936 Olympic Games?

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

4. What sports writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer had been "loudly backing the cause of the sophomores for months" before the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1935, according to the author in Part 3: The Parts That Really Matter, Chapter 10?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What ship did the University of Washington crew take to Europe for the 1936 Summer Olympics? How is the setting of the ship described?

3. Whom did Joe Rantz befriend while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site? How are these individuals described by the author?

4. How and why was the 1936 invasion by the Nazis into Rhineland significant to Adolf Hitler's cause and objectives?

5. 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?

6. What concerns did Al Ulbrickson express about the regatta course for the 1936 Summer Olympics? How was the matter resolved?

7. How does the author describe the University of Washington crew's performance at the final Olympic trial in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 15?

8. How does the author describe the regatta at Poughkeepsie in 1935? How did the University of Washington perform?

9. 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?

10. How does the author describe the University of Washington crew's performance at the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1936?

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