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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. The author says in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 13 that by March 19, 1936, Al Ulbrickson had his best bet for an Olympic boat. Who was at the bow of this boat?
(a) Tom Bolles.
(b) Roger Morris.
(c) Byron Noble.
(d) Harvey Love.
3. How much money did the Nazi government secretly funnel to Leni Riefenstahl for the purpose of producing the film "Olympia"?
(a) 3.75 million reichsmarks.
(b) 4 million reichsmarks.
(c) 1.5 million reichsmarks.
(d) 2.8 million reichsmarks.
4. Who was the head of the Yale rowing crew at the Olympic trials in 1936?
(a) Ed Leader.
(b) Joe Louis.
(c) Gordy Adam.
(d) Ed Stanley.
5. What was the name of the Irish port where the American Olympic athletes' ship stopped on July 21, 1936?
(a) Cobh.
(b) Rosslare.
(c) Kinsale.
(d) Trivoli.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the area called where Joe Rantz rented a cheap room while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site?
2. What did Al Ulbrickson announce to the University of Washington crew as they left on the train for Poughkeepsie in 1936?
3. By what name did the dust storm that hit on April 14, 1935 become known?
4. On what date did the University of Washington crew members depart on the train for Poughkeepsie in 1936?
5. Who was the coxswain for the German crew at the 1936 Olympics?
Short Essay Questions
1. What concerns did Al Ulbrickson express about the regatta course for the 1936 Summer Olympics? How was the matter resolved?
2. 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?
3. What function does Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 18 serve in the plot structure of The Boys in the Boat? How?
4. How did the University of Washington crew feel as they prepared to depart for the regatta in Poughkeepsie in Part 4: Touching the Divine, Chapter 14?
5. How and why was the 1936 invasion by the Nazis into Rhineland significant to Adolf Hitler's cause and objectives?
6. Whom did Joe Rantz befriend while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site? How are these individuals described by the author?
7. What were the Nuremberg Laws that Hitler enacted in 1935? How did these laws define German citizenship?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. How does the author describe the University of Washington crew's performance at the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1936?
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