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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Adolf Hitler do when the announcement was made of the winners of the men's eights event at the 1936 Olympics?
2. Who was the coach of the U.S. women's swimming team that expelled Eleanor Holm from the Olympic team due to her drinking in 1936?
3. 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?
4. Who was Joyce Simdars' employer that payed for her to take cooking lessons after she made an unpalatable duck a l'orange?
5. Of the Grand Coulee Dam, the narrator says it was "so massive that by the time it was finished it would be the largest masonry structure built since" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Whom did Joe Rantz befriend while working at the Grand Coulee Dam site? How are these individuals described by the author?
3. What were the Nuremberg Laws that Hitler enacted in 1935? How did these laws define German citizenship?
4. 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?
5. Where did the American rowing crews lodge and train during the 1936 Summer Olympics? How is this setting described by the author?
6. 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?
7. What did Bobby Moch's father warn him of when he knew that Bobby would be going to Berlin for the 1936 Olympics? Why?
8. What concerns did Al Ulbrickson express about the regatta course for the 1936 Summer Olympics? How was the matter resolved?
9. How does the author describe the University of Washington crew's performance at the regatta in Poughkeepsie in 1936?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme and motif of propaganda in The Boys in the Boat. What role did propaganda play in the rise of the Third Reich? What contributions were made by Joseph Goebbels and Leni Reifenstahl to promote the propaganda agenda?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Joe Rantz’s friendship with Roger Morris. What did Joe and Roger have in common? How did they differ? What was the foundation of their friendship?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the actions, objectives, and obstacles of Thula Rantz in the narrative. How old was Thula when she married Harry Rantz? What attracted Thula to Harry? Was Thula happy in her marriage? Why or why not? What were Thula’s feelings about Joe?
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