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 My Greatest Olympic Prize

By Jesse Owens

Multiple Choice Question and Answer

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1. The Olympic games in which Owens participated was held in _______.

a. America
b. India
c. Berlin of Germany
d. Soviet Russia

2. Owens participated in Berlin Olympics held in __________.

a. Summer of 1936
b. Winter of 1936
c. Summer of 1937
d. Winter of 1937

3. Jesse Owens was ___ player.

a. a Nazi
b. a German
c. an American
d. an Irish

4. Hitler's childish remark was ________.

a. the Germans would win the races
b. his performers are master players
c. he belongs to master race
d. long would win medal

5. Jesse Owens disliked Adolf Hitler because

a. he patronised Luz Long,a rival of Jesse Owens
b. he had kept Luz Long hidden from other Olympic athletes
c. he organised the Olympics in Berlin
d. he advocated the theory of Aryan supremacy

6. Jesse Owens could not clear two of the three long-jump trials because he

a. was nervous
b. was over-confident
c. was angry over the 'master race' theory of Hitler
d. feared that Lutz Long might defeat him

7. The important thing in Olympics is

a. taking part
b. playing tricks
c. giving trials
d. all the above

8. The essential thing in life is

a. conquering
b. earning money
c. fighting well
d. winning prize

9. Owens did not want Luz Long to win because

a. it would disappoint him after long years of training
b. that would have added some new support to the Nazis' Aryan superiority theory
c. he wanted to retain the world record he had set
d. all the above

10. Jesse Owens was angry because

a. he was not allowed to participate in Olympics
b. he did not qualify for the event
c. Negroes were supposed to be inferior to the Aryans
d. Germans were the superior to all other races in the world

11. 26 feet 5 1/4 inches equals to

a. 8.06 metres
b. 8.06 yards
c. 6.08 yards
d. 6.08 metres

12. An angry athlete is an athlete who will

a. never go wrong
b. always win
c. make mistakes
d. will not participate

13. Luz Long ,the German athlete had

a. a dull face
b. a strikingly handsome, chiseled face
c. a tanned face
d. a dusky complexion

14. Luz Long suggested Owens to

a. draw a line a few inches in the back of the board and then take off
b. run fast
c. not to participate in the finals
d. foul in the last attempt

15. Jesse Owens considers his friendship with Luz Long as a/an

a. 22 carat friendship
b. 18 carat friendship
c. 24 carat friendship
d. 23 carat friendship

16. ____ was the founder of modern Olympic games

a. Bill Gates
b. Pierre De Coubertin
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Malala Yousafzai

17. 26 feet 8 1/4 inches equals to

a. 8.06 metres
b. 8.13 metres
c. 7.9 metres
d. 8.23 metres

18.How long had Jesse trained keeping the games in mind?

a. 4 years
b. 5 years
c. 6 years
d. 7 years

19. Who was not worried about anything?

a. Adolf Hitler
b. Jesse Owens
c. Nazis
d. Luz Long

20. What were at an all-time high?

a. Nationalistic feelings
b. Superiority feelings
c. Hitler's master race theory
d. Competitive spirit of the athletes

21. What was Jese Owens thinking while going over on the boat?

a. Proving the Aryan superiority theory wrong
b. Beating Luz Long
c. Winning few gold medals
d. Beating Nazis

22. Owens had his eyes set especially on _______.

a. winning gold medals b. beating Luz Long
c. showing Hitler who was superior d. the long jump

23. What was the world record set by Jesse Owens as a university student?

a. 28 feet 6 1/4 inches
b. 26 feet 8 1/4 inches
c. 28 feet 4 1/6 inches
d. 26 feet 6 1/4 inches

24. Why did everyone expect Owens to win the long jump easily?

a. He had trained really hard for the event
b. He was against Hitler's ways
c. He had set a world record the previous year
d. He had owned many long jumps as a university student

25. What surprised Owens during the long jump trials?

a. A tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet
b. A German athlete doing good on practice leaps
c. He himself failed to focus during the trails
d. Hitler's secret weapon, Luz Long

26. Who had Hitler kept under wraps?

a. Any German athlete
b. Keeping unknown
c. Jesse Owens
d. Luz Long

27. What do you understand by "keeping under wraps"?

a. keeping unknown
b. keeping covered
c. keeping unshown
d. keeping secret

28. What was Owens determined?

a. To prove master race theory wrong
b. To beat Luz Long
c. To show Hitler who was really superior
d. To prove Hitler's ways wrong

29. Who is/are referred as 'Der Furher'?

a. Luz Long
b. Adolf Hitler
c. Jesse Owens
d. Nazis

30. Who was the worst enemy of an athlete?

a. Anger
b. Envy
c. Nationalistic feeling
d. Superiority feelings

31. How was Owen's first trial jump?

a. A no jump
b. He fell few inches away from the take-off board
c. He couldn't jump
d. The worst jump of his life

32. Why was Owens determined to beat Luz Long?

a. He didn't like Hitler
b. To prove that Germans were not superior to all
c. To prove that Nazi's cannot win
d. To prove that he was the best athlete

33. What did disgusted Owens do?

a. Kicked at the ground
b. Gave out a loud cry
c. Kicked the pit
d. Walked away from the pit

34. Who offered Owens a firm handshake?

a. Adolf Hitler
b. Another American athlete
c. His coach
d. Luz Long

35. What was Owens trying to hide while talking to Long during the trials?

a. His anger
b. His frustration
c. His nervousness
d. His discomfort

36. "Something must be eating you." What does the word "eating" mean in this sentence?

a. Making angry
b. Disgusting
c. Troubling
d. Making nervous

37. Where was Luz Long schooled?

a. In Germany
b. In the Nazi youth movement
c. In an Aryan school
d. In the master race school

38. What did Long say doesn't matter in the trials?

a. Being first
b. Not qualifying
c. Qualifyying
d. Jump far

39. What according to Long actually mattered?

a. Tomorrow
b. The finals
c. The trials
d. Not making a foul

40. How did Owens qualify for the finals?

a. With almost a foot to spare
b. With an inch more than Long
c. With his hands down
d. With a world record

41. What helped Owens qualifying for the finals?

a. Long's true and comforting words
b. His anger for Hitler
c. His determination
d. Long qualifying for the finals easily

42. Where did Owens walk over to that night?

a. To the Olympic ground
b. To the Olympic village
c. Luz Long's room
d. To his coach's quarters

43. How long did Owens and Long talk?

a. For an hour
b. For two hours
c. For few hours
d. Till morning

44. Owens and Luz Long didn't talk about _______.

a. track and fields
b. themselves
c. the world situation
d. other athletes

45. What did Owens know Luz wanted him to do?

a. Give his best
b. Let him win
c. Try to beat him
d. Participate in the games

46. Luz Long wanted Owens to give his best, even if that meant ______.

a. owen's win
b. proving the Aryan-supremacy theory wrong
c. Owen's defeat
d. Hitler getting angry

47. Who broke his own past record?

a. Luz Long
b. Jesse Owens
c. Both Long and Owens
d. None of them

48. Luz Long breaking his own past record pushed Owens on to _______.

a. difficult situation
b. peak performance
c. annoying situation
d. breaking his own record

49. What was the Olympic record set by Owens?

a. 26 feet 8 1/4 inches
b. 28 feet 6 1/4 inches
c. 26 feet 5 1/4 inches
d. 28 feet 8 1/4 inches

50. How far were the stands where Hitler was glaring at the two athletes?

a. Less than a hundred yards
b. A hundred meters
c. Less than a hundred meters
d. A hundred inches

51. Who was/were by the narrator's side congratulating him for the win?

a. Jesse Owens
b. Adolf Hitler
c. Luz Long
d. Other American athletes

52. What was the greatest Olympic prize for Jesse Owens?

a. Setting the Olympic record b. Proving Hitler wrong
c. Beating Hitler's best athlete d. The friendship of Luz Long

53. Who was/were the epitome of Coubertin's ideal?

a. Jesse Owens
b. Luz Long
c. The Olympic participants
d. German athletes

54. He had kept his plans ______.

a. hands down
b. hot under collars
c. under secret
d. under wraps

55. Tendulkar's double century is the _______ individual score in one-day cricket match.

a. all-time highest
b. all-time high
c. all-time best
d. all-time record

56. You'd not believe he was a security guard, he doesn't _____.

a. appear like that
b. seem like that
c. look that part
d. look the part

57. He was expected to win the match very easily. (Replace the underlined part with a suitable idiomatic expression)

a. under hands
b. hands down
c. hands up
d. under wraps

28. He has always been very angry with the ways of his neighbour.

a. on guards
b. hot headed
c. red under the hands
d. hot under the collar

59. Which of the following means "to behave in a very silly way"?

a. Have one's eyes on
b. To be in for a surprise
c. Hot under the collar
d. Make a fool of oneself

60. Owens had his _______ the long jump.

a. hands down
b. eyes on
c. wraps under
d. eyes at

61. He doesn't know that he is ______ when he reaches home.

a. making fool of himself
b. no exception
c. little hot under the collar
d. in for a surprise

62. All his tension seemed to _______.

a. get out
b. take out
c. go out
d. ebb out

63. Who broke his past record?

a. Luz Long
b. Jesse Owens
c. Both Luz and Jesse
d. None of them