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,Student name:__________
1) Which of the following statements is true of history?
A) When describing the utility of history, philosopher George Santayana noted that
progress depends on our ability to remember history because those who cannot
remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
B) Legendary football coach Norman Cousins opined that we must learn lessons from
our past, as "History is a vast early warning system."
C) Since humans are headed into the future, history is irrelevant, repetitive, and boring.
D) All of these answers are correct.
2) Which of the following is true of sports and athletes?
A) Sport was not very popular in ancient Rome as the people would rather spend their
free time at gambling parlors than at sporting events.
B) Racing syndicates that provided money, horses, and drivers for chariot races in Rome
were identified by the colors of the chariots that each syndicate favored.
C) Athletes of today have much in common with the athletes of antiquity who, like
today's athletes, competed to achieve fame, fortune, and glory.
D) The extreme sports that athletes compete in the twenty-first century are as intense as
the competitions and athletic displays of the ancients.
3) Identify a true statement in the context of play and sport.
A) Allsport may be play, but not all play is sport.
B) Sport is a much larger domain than play.
C) Sport is precultural, play is not.
D) The nature of sport must be understood before the nature of play is understood.
4) Which of the following beliefs is attributed to the historian Jacques Barzun?
A) "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball."
B) "The will to win is more important than achieving victory."
C) "The actual process of achievement is more indicative of American values than
victories in athletic competition."
D) "Athletic competition is the quintessential measure of an individual's character and
integrity, whether in antiquity or in the modern world."
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,5) Which of the following statements is true of the term sport?
A) It is an ancient term in use in England since circa A.D. 1300.
B) The origins of the word "sport," or its etymology, are Latin and French.
C) Sport morphed from the Greek term de(s)porter, which meant to compete.
D) The original meaning of the term was "to elevate oneself."
6) In reference to the term play, which of the following statements is true?
A) To understand the world of play, it is imperative to develop an understanding about
the nature of sport.
B) While it can be argued that all forms of play originate from sport, it does not follow
that all forms of sport constitute play.
C) Play, in the form of games and sport, can be seen as serving certain functions in
aculture.
D) Extreme sports cannot be considered as a form of play.
7) According to J. Levy, which of the following is a fundamental characteristic of play?
A) Play is extrinsically motivated.
B) Play requires involvement of the typical realities of life.
C) Play involves an internal locus of control.
D) Play is unique to the human species and does not occur in any other species.
8) Identify the meaning of J. Levy's statement that play is intrinsically motivated.
A) Humans are born with an innate desire to play.
B) When it comes to play, humans do not accept alternate realities.
C) Human play involves an external locus of control.
D) Humans need to be taught how to play.
9) What is meant by J. Levy's statement that play involves an acceptance of alternate realities?
A) During play, we typically believe that we have no control over our actions.
B) The experience of play is just for amusement.
C) The experience of play is immersive and highly personal for each individual.
D) During play, we are extrinsically motivated.
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, 10) According to Roberta J. Park, professor emeritus of the University of California, the
definition of sport
A) highlights the Greek concept of arete.
B) introduces elements of medicine, social reform, and biology.
C) promotes sport as a vehicle to encourage capitalist ideas of social inequality.
D) explains sport as serving a voluntary recreational and entertainment activity for
college students.
11) Which of the following is a difference between Greek sports and Roman sports?
A) Unlike the Romans, the Greek strove for arete, a concept involving individual
excellence.
B) Unlike the Greeks, the Romans underwent rigorous training to achieve personal
excellence.
C) Unlike the Romans, the Greeks emphasized team spirit and excellence.
D) Unlike the Greeks, the Romans were repulsed by the use of animals in sport.
12) According to Michael Oriard, the author of Reading Football, which of the following is true?
A) Students at American colleges rarely played "football" before the first intercollegiate
football game between Harvard and Yale in 1859.
B) The game that most students played during this time resembled a primitive form of
basketball than modern football.
C) American sport needs referees because Americans had a different attitude toward
rules thandid the British ancestors.
D) Americans amateur athletes operated on a code of honor associated with the
peculiarities of their elitist social class and did not require referees for the game.
13) In the context of Michael Oriard's Reading Football, which of the following is true of the
Concessionary Rules?
A) They are an old set of rules that required students to play the game known as baseball,
and not as what is known as soccer.
B) They are annually revised by the sport representatives of Cornell, Dartmouth,
Wharton, and Brown.
C) They are a set of formal rules that distinguished American football from its soccer
and rugby counterparts.
D) They are quite similar to the old British code of honor that the enforced by the game
referees.
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Our email:
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,Student name:__________
1) Which of the following statements is true of history?
A) When describing the utility of history, philosopher George Santayana noted that
progress depends on our ability to remember history because those who cannot
remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
B) Legendary football coach Norman Cousins opined that we must learn lessons from
our past, as "History is a vast early warning system."
C) Since humans are headed into the future, history is irrelevant, repetitive, and boring.
D) All of these answers are correct.
2) Which of the following is true of sports and athletes?
A) Sport was not very popular in ancient Rome as the people would rather spend their
free time at gambling parlors than at sporting events.
B) Racing syndicates that provided money, horses, and drivers for chariot races in Rome
were identified by the colors of the chariots that each syndicate favored.
C) Athletes of today have much in common with the athletes of antiquity who, like
today's athletes, competed to achieve fame, fortune, and glory.
D) The extreme sports that athletes compete in the twenty-first century are as intense as
the competitions and athletic displays of the ancients.
3) Identify a true statement in the context of play and sport.
A) Allsport may be play, but not all play is sport.
B) Sport is a much larger domain than play.
C) Sport is precultural, play is not.
D) The nature of sport must be understood before the nature of play is understood.
4) Which of the following beliefs is attributed to the historian Jacques Barzun?
A) "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball."
B) "The will to win is more important than achieving victory."
C) "The actual process of achievement is more indicative of American values than
victories in athletic competition."
D) "Athletic competition is the quintessential measure of an individual's character and
integrity, whether in antiquity or in the modern world."
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,5) Which of the following statements is true of the term sport?
A) It is an ancient term in use in England since circa A.D. 1300.
B) The origins of the word "sport," or its etymology, are Latin and French.
C) Sport morphed from the Greek term de(s)porter, which meant to compete.
D) The original meaning of the term was "to elevate oneself."
6) In reference to the term play, which of the following statements is true?
A) To understand the world of play, it is imperative to develop an understanding about
the nature of sport.
B) While it can be argued that all forms of play originate from sport, it does not follow
that all forms of sport constitute play.
C) Play, in the form of games and sport, can be seen as serving certain functions in
aculture.
D) Extreme sports cannot be considered as a form of play.
7) According to J. Levy, which of the following is a fundamental characteristic of play?
A) Play is extrinsically motivated.
B) Play requires involvement of the typical realities of life.
C) Play involves an internal locus of control.
D) Play is unique to the human species and does not occur in any other species.
8) Identify the meaning of J. Levy's statement that play is intrinsically motivated.
A) Humans are born with an innate desire to play.
B) When it comes to play, humans do not accept alternate realities.
C) Human play involves an external locus of control.
D) Humans need to be taught how to play.
9) What is meant by J. Levy's statement that play involves an acceptance of alternate realities?
A) During play, we typically believe that we have no control over our actions.
B) The experience of play is just for amusement.
C) The experience of play is immersive and highly personal for each individual.
D) During play, we are extrinsically motivated.
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, 10) According to Roberta J. Park, professor emeritus of the University of California, the
definition of sport
A) highlights the Greek concept of arete.
B) introduces elements of medicine, social reform, and biology.
C) promotes sport as a vehicle to encourage capitalist ideas of social inequality.
D) explains sport as serving a voluntary recreational and entertainment activity for
college students.
11) Which of the following is a difference between Greek sports and Roman sports?
A) Unlike the Romans, the Greek strove for arete, a concept involving individual
excellence.
B) Unlike the Greeks, the Romans underwent rigorous training to achieve personal
excellence.
C) Unlike the Romans, the Greeks emphasized team spirit and excellence.
D) Unlike the Greeks, the Romans were repulsed by the use of animals in sport.
12) According to Michael Oriard, the author of Reading Football, which of the following is true?
A) Students at American colleges rarely played "football" before the first intercollegiate
football game between Harvard and Yale in 1859.
B) The game that most students played during this time resembled a primitive form of
basketball than modern football.
C) American sport needs referees because Americans had a different attitude toward
rules thandid the British ancestors.
D) Americans amateur athletes operated on a code of honor associated with the
peculiarities of their elitist social class and did not require referees for the game.
13) In the context of Michael Oriard's Reading Football, which of the following is true of the
Concessionary Rules?
A) They are an old set of rules that required students to play the game known as baseball,
and not as what is known as soccer.
B) They are annually revised by the sport representatives of Cornell, Dartmouth,
Wharton, and Brown.
C) They are a set of formal rules that distinguished American football from its soccer
and rugby counterparts.
D) They are quite similar to the old British code of honor that the enforced by the game
referees.
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