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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. Besides money, a reason for developing the parks is
(a) The cities are growing rapidly
(b) To allow closer inspection of nature
(c) To accommodate a burgeoning population
(d) To explore the minerals and ores in the ground

2. The physical comforts in his trailer include
(a) Garbage disposal
(b) Gas fireplace
(c) Cable TV
(d) Running water

3. Abbey describes the voice of the desert
(a) Screaming through the cracks
(b) Whirling and shrieking
(c) Rising to a demented howl
(d) Moaning and crying

4. Lloyd Pierson is
(a) A government accountant
(b) A state policeman
(c) A park superintendent
(d) An archaeologist

5. Edward Abbey's garden is
(a) A flower garden in front of the porch
(b) All that lies around him
(c) A vegetable garden behind the trailer
(d) A stand of locoweed

Short Answer Questions

1. Edward's new home is a simple

2. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is

3. Abbey says, after a million years of neglect,

4. Abbey describes the views from his trailer as

5. Abbey calls the rampant development of national parks

(see the answer key)

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