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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 & 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what date did Franklin Roosevelt dedicate the Hoover Dam?
(a) December 4, 1942.
(b) September 30, 1935.
(c) June 6, 1928.
(d) April 25, 1907.

3. In what year was the legislation on the Hoover Dam passed?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1928.

4. Who does the author refer to as “an egomaniacal small-time construction tycoon” in Chapter Four?
(a) Henry J. Kaiser.
(b) Wayne Wyatt.
(c) W. A. Bechtel.
(d) James Marshall.

5. 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”?
(a) Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza.
(b) Marriner Stoddard Eccles.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter Six?

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

3. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?

4. In what year did the Hohokam culture disappear?

5. In which year does the author state “the Bureau of Reclamation was just beginning its detailed feasibility investigations of the Kings and Kern River projects”?

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