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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 & 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in the book’s Introduction means allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass?
(a) Reflective.
(b) Translucent.
(c) Irradiate.
(d) Pellucid.

2. In what year did Marc Reisner die?
(a) 1977.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1992.
(d) 2007.

3. What western city does the author describe “with exotic palms and golf-course lawns and a five-hundred-foot fountain and an artificial surf” in the Introduction?
(a) Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(b) Bakersfield, California.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Reno, Nevada.

4. What was the population of San Francisco in 1851?
(a) 27,000.
(b) 35,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 48,000.

5. When was John Wesley Powell born?
(a) 1834.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1807.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of the water in California is used for irrigation purposes, according to the author?

2. In 1848, what was the population of San Francisco?

3. William Mulholland’s father held what profession?

4. Where was John Wesley Powell born?

5. How many major dams does the author say California has in the Introduction?

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