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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 describes the views from his trailer as
(a) Cozy and protected
(b) Somewhat frightening
(c) Open and perfect
(d) Cold and stark

2. The locals in Moab's bars do not become violent, perhaps because
(a) They are afraid of one another
(b) The beer is weak
(c) They are humbled by nature
(d) They are good Mormons

3. Edward Abbey is living in isolation,
(a) Twenty miles from another human
(b) Five miles from the ranger station
(c) Fifty miles from the city
(d) A hundred miles from his home

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unexpected guests in Edward's new home include

2. Abbey describes the voice of the desert

3. We learn that Abbey has a real dislike for

4. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of

5. The prickly pear cactus and its blossom exemplifies the

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