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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, “Modern Utah, where large-scale irrigation has been going on longer than anywhere else,” has what percent of its land area under cultivation?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 39.
(d) 24.

2. What is the motto of the Corps of Engineers?
(a) “Rearranging Nature.”
(b) “Our Way or the Highway.”
(c) “Strength through Infrastructure.”
(d) “Building Tomorrow Today.”

3. What important figure refused to attend the dedication of the Hoover Dam?
(a) Jimmy Carter.
(b) B.B. Moeur.
(c) Barry Goldwater.
(d) Henry J. Kaiser.

4. The author describes flying over the state of Utah on his way back to California in what year in the Introduction?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1980.

5. When was the revised and updated version of Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water published?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1979.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Harry S. Truman assume the office of the U.S. Presidency?

2. The population of San Francisco went over how many in 1853?

3. In 1952, when Los Angeles built a second battery of pumps at the head of its aqueduct, California’s diversion climbed toward how many acre-feet?

4. When was Marriner Stoddard Eccles born?

5. What was the population of San Francisco in 1851?

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