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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author of The Path to Power, Lyndon Johnson owed his political career largely to what?
(a) The Marshall Ford Dam.
(b) The Folsom Dam.
(c) The Shasta Dam.
(d) The Hoover Dam.

2. What were the two sheep-ranching Mormon brothers named who were captivated by the Boulder Canyon Project, according to the author in Chapter Four?
(a) F. B. and J. N. Matthews.
(b) W. H. and E. O. Wattis.
(c) A. T. and P. C. Ebbet.
(d) M. E. and P. M. Jacobs.

3. What does the author claim in the Introduction that, “because of their moisture requirements,” are our physiological counterparts in the kingdom of plants?
(a) Trees.
(b) Lichens.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Mushrooms.

4. When was John Wesley Powell born?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1834.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1865.

5. Who did Charles Rockwood convince to join forces with him in irrigation, according to the author in Chapter Four?
(a) N.H. Darton.
(b) George Chaffey.
(c) Michael Robinson.
(d) Bill Warne.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter Ten, “Figures for 1946, published in a Senate report on the acreage limitation, reveal that Standard Oil owned” how many acres in the probable CVP service area?

3. Who is described as “a lawyer in the Interior solicitor’s office through the 1960s and early 1970s, until she resigned and joined the legal staff of California’s Department of Water Resources” in Chapter Ten?

4. What mountain range described in the Introduction stretches approximately 160 miles from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States?

5. In 1969, a study performed by Texas A and M University projected that the West Texas aquifer would decline to forty-four million acre-feet by what year?

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