"he really looked the parts - What does this mean? Does it mean Long was
trying to play the part of an Aryan or he looked as if he belonged to a
superior race?
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Answer:
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were being held in Berlin. Because Adolf Hitler childishly insisted that his performers were members of a “master race,” nationalistic feelings were at an all-time high.
I wasn’t too worried about all this. I’d trained, sweated and disciplined myself for six years, with the Games in mind. While I was going over on the boat, all I could think about was taking home one or two of those gold medals. I had my eyes especially on the running broad jump. A year before, as a sophomore at the Ohio State, I’d set the world’s record of 26 feet 8 1/4 inches. Nearly everyone expected me to win this event.
Question 1.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Answer:
Jesse Owens is a black American athlete who set the world record in Long Jump
Question 2.
Why were nationalistic feelings running high during the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
Answer:
Adolf Hitler believed in Aryan Superiority theory. He thought that his German athletes belong to a master’s race and they would perform better than other participants in the 1936 Olympics, Berlin. So nationalistic feelings were running high.
Question 3.
Why was Owens expected to win the gold medal in the Long Jump hands down?
Answer:
Owens‘had set a world record in Long Jump just the previous year. So Owens knew he could win the Olympics hands down. Additionally he had practiced hard for the Olympics.
Question 4.
Why does Jesse Owens dismiss the claim of Hitler as childish?
Answer:
Hitler was a dictator, no doubt. But his casual remark to build up the spirit of his athletes had not been taken seriously by Owens because Owen had practiced hard and had even set the world record the previous year. Everyone was sure he would win the gold.
Question 5.
Explain, ‘I wasn’t too worried about all this. I’d trained, sweated disciplined myself for six years with the game in the mind.
Answer:
This passage is taken from, “My Greatest Olympic Prize” written by Jesse Owens. Jesse Owens shares his Olympic experience and the friendship he won. Patriotic feeling was running high in Germany. Owens did not bother as he trusted in his efforts.
Passage 2
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
I was in for a surprise. When the time came for the broad-jump trials, I was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps! He turned out to be a German named Luz Long. 1 was told that Hitler hoped to win the jump with him. I guessed that if Long won, it would add some new support to the Nazis’ “master race” (Aryan superiority) theory. After all, I am a Negro. Angr about Hitler’s ways, 1 determined to go out there and really show Der Fuhrer and his master race who was superior and who wasn’t. An angry athlete is an athlete who will make mistakes, as any coach will tell you. I was no exception. On the first of my three qualifying jumps, I leaped from several inches beyond the takeoff board for a foul. On the second jump, I fouled even worse. “Did I come 3,000 miles for this?” I thought bitterly. “To foul out of the trials and make a fool of myself ?” Walking a few yards from the pit, 1 kicked disgustedly at the dirt.
Question 1.
Why did Owens become hot under the collar before the trials?
Answer:
Owens was irritated about the Nazi’s Aryan superiority theory.
Question 2.
“I was no exception: – Explain.
Answer:
An angry athlete is prone to making mistakes. Despite knowing this, Owens got angry that
resulted in his underperformance which disallowed him to qualify in the first jump.
Question 3.
Why did Owens kick the pit in disgust?
Answer:
Owens leaped for several inches beyond the take-off point that ended up in disqualification in the first jump of his trials. He kicked the pit in disgust at his own poor performance.
Question 4.
I was in for a surprise. When the time came for the long jump trials, I was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps. What do these words mean?
Answer:
This passage is taken from, “My Greatest Olympic Prize” written by Jesse Owens. Jesse Owens shares his Olympic experience. Here he refers to Luz Long, the tall blond German athelete. He was surprised by his performance.
Question 5.
What shattered the confidence of Jesse Owens?
Answer:
He faulted twice in the qualifying jump.
Question 6.
“Did I come all the way from America for this?” I thought bitterly. “To foul out of the trials and make a fool of myself?” What does this show?
Answer:
Here Owens shows his frustration after failing twice in the qualifying jumps.
Question 7.
I supposed that if Long won, it would add some new support to the Nazis’ Aryan- superiority theory. What did Jesse Owens want to show to Hitler?
Answer:
Jesse wanted to show Hitler that he was not inferior .These lines are taken from, “My Greatest Olympic Prize” written by Jesse Owens. In, these lines Owen thinks what will happen if Germany wins. Then it would add truth to Hitler’s theory that the Germa
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