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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Harrison Gray Otis born?
(a) Green Bay, Wisconsin.
(b) Ely, Minnesota.
(c) Marietta, Ohio.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

2. 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) Dams.
(b) Oceans.
(c) Rivers.
(d) Deserts.

3. In what year did Charles Rockwood see the Colorado River for the first time?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1926.

4. Where was Harry Chandler born?
(a) Marquette, Michigan.
(b) Arco, Idaho.
(c) Landaff, New Hampshire.
(d) Akron, Ohio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?

2. According to the author, “New England was completely forested in 1620 and nearly deforested” how many years later?

3. Which Texas historian wrote an article for Harper’s entitled “The American West, Perpetual Mirage”?

4. Who does the author refer to as “an egomaniacal small-time construction tycoon” in Chapter Four?

5. The narrator states in Chapter Four that “If the Colorado River suddenly stopped flowing, you would have” how many “years of carryover capacity in the reservoirs before you had to evacuate most of southern California and Arizona and a good portion of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming”?

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