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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The 17.5-million-acre-foot yield that the Compact negotiators had ascribed to the Colorado River was based on about how many years of stream flow measurement, according to the author in Chapter Eight?
(a) 18.
(b) 71.
(c) 25.
(d) 52.

3. What was the population of Phoenix, Arizona, in 1960?
(a) 291,000.
(b) 1,230,000.
(c) 439,000.
(d) 750,000.

4. In 1962, there were how many megawatts of installed hydroelectric generating capacity in the United States?
(a) 14,595.
(b) 37,342.
(c) 66,238.
(d) 112,564.

5. When was the Reclamation Act established?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author describes flying over the state of Utah on his way back to California in what year in the Introduction?

3. The dedication ceremony of the Hoover Dam drew approximately how many people?

4. The Kern County Land Company later became the main agricultural holding of what conglomerate?

5. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?

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