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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. At what age had Moe Berg begun playing baseball?
2. What was an organization designed to spread propaganda in South and Central America to keep the citizens of those countries on the side of the United States during World War II?
3. In what year did Moe Berg begin playing professional baseball?
4. Where did Moe Berg grow up after the age of three?
5. With what respected Wall Street law firm did Moe Berg take a position in 1930?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the principle objective of Bernard Berg as described in Chapter 2, "Youth: Runt Wolfe"?
2. How does author Nicholas Dawidoff describe Moe Berg's sports persona in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?
3. What was John Kieran credited with in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?
4. What led to Moe Berg's second Japan trip in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"? What other ballplayers went on the tour?
5. With whom did Moe Berg play in the 1923 baseball season? Where did he go in Paris when the season ended in Chapter 4, "Robin in Paris"?
6. What happened academically and in Moe Berg's sports career in 1929 in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit"?
7. What university did Moe enter in 1919? What was his demeanor there described as?
8. What led to Moe Berg's first trip to Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"?
9. What led to Moe Berg becoming a permanent catcher for the White Sox in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit"?
10. Why did Moe Berg begin the 1926 season late in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the camera Moe Berg brought with him to Japan and on MovietoneNews, with whom he'd signed a contract. What was Berg commissioned to film?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the academic career of Moe Berg. Where did Berg begin college and why did he change universities?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the impressions of Moe Berg by Linda McCarthy, Allan Siegal, Charles Owen and George Allen. How did each of these individuals know Moe Berg?
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