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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. The Moab Valley in the distance lies between
(a) Plateaus and bluffs
(b) Mesas and low hills
(c) Thousand-foot walls of rock
(d) Glacial mountains

2. On his stomach, Abbey witnesses
(a) The burrowing of two snakes
(b) The mating dance of two bull snakes
(c) A fight between two rattlesnakes
(d) The retreat of the snakes from his cabin

3. The only stream that flows perennially through the park is
(a) A rushing stream of snow melt
(b) A babbling creek behind his trailer
(c) Pepper Creek
(d) Too salty to be potable

4. Edward is overcome with a desire to
(a) Eat breakfast and walk the desert
(b) Trap the mice and return them to the desert
(c) Know and possess the scene around him
(d) Climb the mountain peaks in the distance

5. Abbey will be responsible for providing the campsites with
(a) Garbage receptacles
(b) Toilet paper
(c) Firewood
(d) Fireplaces

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward wants to stop attributing human qualities to nature, which is called

2. The sounds of the mourning doves suggests to Edward

3. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of

4. A badge gives Edward Abbey the authority to

5. Abbey's complaint about a flashlight is that

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