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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where once in the Arches Park there were only used newspapers to catch up on the news,
(a) There are now televisions in recreational vehicles
(b) There is a computerized subway
(c) There is a movie theatre
(d) There is a local newscaster at the station

2. Edward Abbey lies like a snake on the edge of a dune to
(a) To feel like a plant, himself
(b) Study the flowers like a snake
(c) Feel the wind as a snake would
(d) To rest from the power of the wind

3. The locals in Moab's bars do not become violent, perhaps because
(a) They are afraid of one another
(b) The beer is weak
(c) They are good Mormons
(d) They are humbled by nature

4. Edward describes the colors of dawn in terms of
(a) Gray, brown and tinny
(b) Lavender, gold and rosey
(c) Primary colors of life's art
(d) Rainbow of pastels

5. The loveliest, and sweet as a pretty girl, in Abbey's opinion, is
(a) Hedgehog cactus
(b) Globemallow
(c) Prickly pear
(d) Cliff rose

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward attaches a red bandanna to a ridgepole in honor of

2. Abbey describes the scene he observes as

3. We learn that Abbey has a real dislike for

4. Abbey speculates that the mourning doves' call may be

5. Visiting Moab on Wednesdays, Edward Abbey deduces that the men in the beer joints have been

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