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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Marc Reisner born?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1955.

2. What from San Bernardino found their way to the 1884 World’s Fair in New Orleans, where they attracted crowds?
(a) Himalayan blackberries.
(b) Valencia oranges.
(c) Bing cherries.
(d) Red Delicious apples.

3. Who does the author refer to as “horse-drawn Fresnoscraper kind of contractor” in Chapter Four?
(a) Harry Morrison.
(b) W. A. Bechtel.
(c) Jim Casey.
(d) Emil Haury.

4. Who wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias,” which is quoted in the opening of Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water?
(a) James Marshall.
(b) Jim Casey.
(c) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(d) Michael Robinson.

5. Who was to the man to “discover a malleable yellow rock in the tail race of Sutter’s Mill on the American River above Sacramento” in the 1800s,” according to the author in Chapter One?
(a) C.W. Hollister.
(b) James Marshall.
(c) Floyd Dominy.
(d) Emil Haury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim in the Introduction that, “because of their moisture requirements,” are our physiological counterparts in the kingdom of plants?

2. In what year did Marc Reisner die?

3. At what swank resort outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, did the negotiation of the Colorado River Compact take place?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, “Fifty-six years after the first earth was turned beside City Creek, the Mormons had” how many “acres under full or partial irrigation in several states”?

5. In what year was the Hoover Dam dedicated?

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