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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what artist is Plowden's photography compared?
(a) Edward Hopper
(b) Pablo Picasso
(c) Wassily Kandinsky
(d) Claude Monet

2. "The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man" addresses what subject?
(a) Civil Rights
(b) Strip mining
(c) Abolition
(d) Politics

3. What is the name of the last 550 acres of land Caudill has spared from the strip miners?
(a) Bluegrass Woods
(b) Lilly's Wood
(c) Sherwood's Forest
(d) Blue Ridge Parkway

4. Vocabulary and _________________ are particularly important to Richter's writing.
(a) verb tense
(b) irony
(c) humor
(d) phraseology

5. What is mined in the state in the answer to #122?
(a) Uranium
(b) Gold
(c) Diamonds
(d) Coal

Short Answer Questions

1. Monticello is the home of which president?

2. Where does Richter do most of his writing?

3. Aviation is a common cause destined to ______________________.

4. In strip mining, how many acres are disturbed for every acre mined?

5. With what is Miriam the most passionate about in nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of McCullough's words in "Recommended Itinerary?"

2. What is the subject of the chapter entitled "The Lonely War of a Good Angry Man?"

3. What is the obvious theme in David Plowden's photography?

4. Who is Miriam Rothschild as described in this chapter?

5. What are the long term effects of strip mining?

6. What is the significance of Blair House in Washington, D.C.?

7. What is the scope of David Plowden's work?

8. What is the subject of "South of Kankakee?"

9. What is the subject of "Long Distance Vision?"

10. What is the subject of this chapter entitled "Extraordinary Times?"

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