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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. How many games did Moe Berg play in the 1932 season?
2. What was Moe Berg's major for which he earned a B.A. degree?
3. How many games did Moe Berg play in the 1931 season?
4. Who established and headed the OIAA?
5. What refers to a fielder's ability to move from his position to field a ball in play in baseball?
Short Essay Questions
1. What academic success did Moe Berg attain in Chapter 3, "The Stiff Collar"? What athletic success?
2. When did Bernard Berg immigrate to America in Chapter 2, "Youth: Runt Wolfe"? What job did he take?
3. How does the author describe Moe Berg's impact on those around him in the Prologue?
4. What did Moe Berg take along with him on his second trip to Japan in Chapter 7, "Strange Foreigner with Camera"? Who had contracted Berg?
5. What university did Moe enter in 1919? What was his demeanor there described as?
6. What baseball teams approached Moe Berg after college graduation in Chapter 3, "The Stiff Collar"? Who did Moe Berg sign with?
7. Describe Moe Berg's baseball career in the 1924-1925 seasons in Chapter 5, "Good Field, No Hit." For what teams did Moe play?
8. Describe Dr. Sam Berg. What was his relationship with his brother Moe?
9. 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"?
10. Where did Moe Berg go to work after quitting baseball, as described in Chapter 1, "The Public Berg: Professor Moe"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the creation of public image in athletes and celebrities. How did the world of the media differ in Moe Berg's time than today? How have sports media in particular changed?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Moe Berg's fascination with language. How many languages did Berg study while at Princeton? What, aside from baseball, intrigued Berg as a potential profession?
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