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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Atchafalaya.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the fifty years between New Orleans' floods of 1735 and 1785, what does the author say brings a false sense of security against flooding?
(a) Extended, raised levees.
(b) Drought conditions.
(c) Concrete seawalls.
(d) Prosperous economic boom.

2. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops a plan to do what?
(a) Build twenty large dams on the Atchafalaya River.
(b) Protect the fish population of the Atchfalaya River.
(c) Develop communities along the Mississippi River.
(d) Control natural shifts of the Mississippi River.

3. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?
(a) Author of Modern Thermodynamics.
(b) Developer of electromagnetic therapy.
(c) Author of Modern Hydrology.
(d) Developer of tripod pilings.

4. Of the Old River Control Project, LeRoy Dugas, also known as Dugie, is what initially?
(a) Furious.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Critical.
(d) Supportive.

5. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?
(a) Quickly digging a diversion channel.
(b) Layering sandbags along the riverbanks.
(c) Building concrete walls around the city.
(d) Blowing up a downstream levee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the mid-1800s, the United States Congress passes a Swamp and Overflow Land Act to:

2. After the U.S. Army Corps takes control of the Atchafalaya, Old Cajun bayou life is:

3. In 1973, what happens to the Old River Control structure despite engineers drilling it and filling it with cement?

4. What is a weir?

5. In the 1800s, swamps in Louisiana are drained and used as what?

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