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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the authorized history titled Water for the West?
(a) Jim Wright.
(b) W. H. Wattis.
(c) Michael Robinson.
(d) Floyd Dominy.

2. When did Harrison Gray Otis move to Santa Barbara, California?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1876.
(d) 1855.

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

4. How much of the water in California is used for irrigation purposes, according to the author?
(a) 80%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 65%.

5. The author begins Chapter Three by stating, “When archaeologists from some other planet sift through the bleached bones of our civilization, they may well conclude that our temples were” what?
(a) Oceans.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Dams.
(d) Deserts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the book’s Introduction?

2. In what year did Franklin D. Roosevelt take office as President of the United States?

3. Who is quoted in the beginning of Chapter Four as stating, “Ours was the first and will doubtless be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locale”?

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

5. In what year was the Boulder Dam authorized and the All-American Canal on the condition that at least six of the seven states ratify the compact?

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