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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Abbey speculates that the mourning doves' call may be
(a) A mournful call to some other dimension
(b) A wish to make contact with the wolves
(c) A brooding meditation on space and solitude
(d) A warning that there is a human nearby

2. Abbey describes the scene he observes as
(a) A tapestry of rocks and dirt
(b) One of God's miracles
(c) A barren wasteland
(d) A monstrous and inhuman spectacle

3. Abbey says, after a million years of neglect,
(a) The sandstone arches have dissolved
(b) People have taken all the animals from the wilderness
(c) The Park has worn down to nothing
(d) Progress has come to the Arches

4. Edward Abbey is employed by the
(a) US Forest Service
(b) National Parks Service
(c) Utah State Parks
(d) Moab County Parks Service

5. A badge gives Edward Abbey the authority to
(a) Imprison animals he thinks may be dangerous
(b) Carry a weapon
(c) Arrest malefactors and evildoers
(d) Arrest trespassers who hike out of bounds

Short Answer Questions

1. Abbey is polemic about

2. Abbey wonders if a man could get used to

3. The loveliest, and sweet as a pretty girl, in Abbey's opinion, is

4. We learn that Abbey has a real dislike for

5. The physical comforts in his trailer include

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