Question

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 Adolf Hitler. 

(d) feared that Luz Long, a German athlete, might beat him at the finals.

Answer 1

(c) was angry over the ‘master race’ theory of Adolf Hitler.