"Forever Gold: Jim Thorpe" A3000 Quiz

According to the Article, which of these happened third?

• A.

  Evidence surfaced showing that the IOC hadn't followed its rules for Thorpe's disqualification.

• B.

  Jim Thorpe played professional minor league baseball for two summers.

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  Jim Thorpe competed in the Olympic Games, winning the pentathlon and the decathlon.

• D.

  The International Olympic Committee stripped Thorpe of the medals that he had won.

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Which of these is most important to include in a summary of this Article?

HINT: Which one of these best states the MAIN/CENTRAL idea??

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  Jim Thorpe, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, was raised as a ward of government schools after being orphaned as a teenager upon the death of his parents.

• B.

  Jim Thorpe died before his gold medals were reinstated, but losing the gold didn't seem to tarnish his love for sports or shake his confidence.

• C.

  Jim Thorpe showed off his amazing athleticism in the pentathlon and decathlon, which included the high jump, discus throw, hurdles, dashes, and more.

• D.

  Jim Thorpe was an amazing athlete who won two gold medals at the 1912 Olympic Games only to have those awards revoked and then reinstated by the International Olympic Committee.

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The Article states:

Thorpe brought home two gold medals, but he didn't get to bask in the golden glow for long. In 1913, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revoked his medals. Why? The committee found out that Thorpe had played minor league baseball for two summers. This technically broke Olympic amateurism rules. At that time, athletes who had played professional sports weren't allowed to compete in the Olympics.

The author's purpose for writing this passage was to __________.

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  point out the fact that Thorpe had played on an Olympic baseball team prior to 1913

• B.

  give the reason cited by the International Olympic Committee for taking away Thorpe's medals

• C.

  suggest that Thorpe knew he was breaking the IOC's rules when he competed in the Olympics

• D.

  explain that Thorpe wasn't the only Olympic athlete who had played professional sports

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Which is the closest synonym for the word revoke?

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  belittle

• B.

  combine

• C.

  adore

• D.

  withdraw

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The reader can infer from the Article that __________.

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  Jim Thorpe tried for the rest of his life to get the IOC to reinstate the two Olympic gold medals he had won in Stockholm

• B.

  Jim Thorpe, besides being an excellent athlete, was paid as a professional coach prior to the 1912 Olympics

• C.

  Jim Thorpe was paid to play football, baseball, and basketball in the years following the 1912 Olympics

• D.

  Jim Thorpe participated in other Olympic Games even after competing in the Olympics in Stockholm

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Which information is not in the Article?

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  Which professional sports teams Jim Thorpe played for after the 1912 Olympic Games

• B.

  Which events Jim Thorpe competed in during the Olympic Games in Stockholm

• C.

  Why the International Olympic Committee struck Jim Thorpe's scores from the record

• D.

  Who received Jim Thorpe's two gold medals after they were reinstated in 1982

Read this passage from the Article:

Many people felt the IOC had treated Thorpe unfairly. His supporters asked the committee to reinstate his medals. And they kept up the pressure for decades. Their cause got a big boost in 1982, when a researcher found proof that the IOC hadn't followed its own rules for disqualification. The IOC's decision wasn't just unfair—it was, according to Olympic regulations, illegal.

In this passage, the word illegal means __________.

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  not completed on time

• B.

  not allowed by the rules

• C.

  causing great difficulty

• D.

  creating disorder or unrest

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Which passage from the Article best supports the idea that there might have been another reason for taking away Thorpe's medals besides the fact that he had played minor league baseball?

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  Thorpe brought home two gold medals, but he didn't get to bask in the golden glow for long. In 1913, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) revoked his medals. Why? The committee found out that Thorpe had played minor league baseball for two summers.

• B.

  That same year, Thorpe's defenders finally scored a win: The IOC agreed to deliver two gold medals to his family, declaring "The name of James Thorpe will be added to the list of athletes who were crowned Olympic champions at the 1912 Games."

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  But the rules weren't always enforced across the board. Some historians believe that in Thorpe's case, racism was a factor. White athletes who'd played minor league baseball competed with no consequences.

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  A Native American from Oklahoma who was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, [Thorpe] was raised as a ward of government schools. As an athlete, he had victories as well as setbacks—and the events that followed his triumphs in Stockholm are a painful example.