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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Babe Ruth born?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1895.

2. In 1926, Moe informed his team that he would not be able to join them until two months into the season because he needed to do what?
(a) Complete his semester at Columbia Law School.
(b) Write a book.
(c) Travel across the country.
(d) Work on an invention.

3. What was Moe Berg's major for which he earned a B.A. degree?
(a) Physics.
(b) Modern Languages.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Mathematics.

4. Who arranged for three players to go to Japan to teach baseball seminars at Japanese universities during the winter of 1932?
(a) Herb Hunter.
(b) Antonio Ferri.
(c) Clifton Fadiman.
(d) Theodore Von Karman.

5. What is a phrase used to describe the communist states within the Soviet Union's sphere of influence or those countries that had centrally-planned economies?
(a) Third World.
(b) Second World.
(c) Fourth World.
(d) First World.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an alignment of great powers during the mid-20th century that fought World War II and included France and the United States?

2. What term, in its original usage, describes a competition between two or more parties for the best armed forces?

3. What did the OSS become after its dissolution in Chapter 12, "Always Good Company"?

4. What is a war that results when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly?

5. Who did Moe Berg sign with in April of 1924?

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