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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states in the Introduction that California has the two biggest irrigation projects on earth, but its irrigated acreage is not much larger than what U.S. state?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Idaho.

2. The Sierra Nevada foothills are how many miles across the Central Valley from San Francisco?
(a) 35.
(b) 225.
(c) 80.
(d) 150.

3. Where was John Wesley Powell born?
(a) Gary, Indiana.
(b) Mount Morris, New York.
(c) Aurora, Illinois.
(d) Akron, Ohio.

4. What is the state capital of Utah?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) Ogden.
(c) Provo.
(d) Moab.

5. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 12,500.
(c) 29,000.
(d) 22,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Marc Reisner born?

3. Who wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias,” which is quoted in the opening of Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water?

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

5. When was the Reclamation Act established?

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