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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. The Hoover Dam is on the border between which two U.S. states?
3. In his budget request for fiscal year 1945, FDR included a request of how much money to permit the Bureau to begin work on the Kings River?
4. In 1964, what Interior Secretary ordered Commissioner Floyd Dominy to investigate the number of violations occurring within the service area of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California?
5. The author states in Chapter Ten that agriculture uses what percent of all the water in California?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the Gila River in its historic past described by the author?
2. How was the Central Valley Project different from other Reclamation projects, according to the author?
3. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?
4. How does Marc Reisner describe the winter of 1861-1862 for Californians in Chapter Ten?
5. How does the author compare both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers and their faults in the book?
6. What impressions did Floyd Elgin Dominy make on the members of the Bureau of Reclamation? When was his breakthrough there?
7. How does the author describe the principle limiting factor in Californian water supply currently in Chapter Ten?
8. When did Floyd Elgin Dominy arrive at the Bureau of Reclamation? What were his assets there?
9. Where and how did Floyd Elgin Dominy make enemies in his role at the Bureau of Reclamation?
10. How does the author describe Floyd Elgin Dominy? When and where did he begin his career?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the life and beliefs of Brigham Young. Why were the Mormons persecuted in the East for their beliefs? What made them choose to move to the West?What was this region like at the time of the Mormon settlement? How did they change it?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author, Marc Reisner, and the concept and genre of historical revisionism. What is historical causation and how does it apply to revisionist writings? When was Marc Reisner director of communications for the Natural Resources Defense Council? What did this position entail?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the settings and environments of the Kings, the Kaweah, the Tule, and the Kern Rivers. How were each of these rivers impacted by the Corps of Engineers?What do the rivers look like today? How have they changed in 100 years?
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