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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction & Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the author say civilization had existed in Utah since Brigham Young led his followers there, in the Introduction?
(a) 56 years.
(b) 134 years.
(c) 212 years.
(d) 328 years.

2. When was the revised and updated version of Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water published?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1993.

3. Almost all of the rain in Napa Valley falls between which months?
(a) May to September.
(b) March to July.
(c) August to December.
(d) November to March.

4. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) 60 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 25 million.
(d) 3 million.

5. What is the name given to the principal hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds which drain into the Pacific Ocean?
(a) The Rocky Mountains.
(b) The American Ridge.
(c) The Canadian Spur.
(d) The Continental Divide.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Reclamation Act established?

2. What is the state capital of Utah?

3. What river is known as the River of No Return?

4. What word used in the book’s Introduction means allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass?

5. When was Marc Reisner born?

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