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

2. The small cloud on Abbey's horizon is
(a) Homebrew
(b) Prostitutes
(c) Progress
(d) Unemployment

3. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of
(a) Disinfectant
(b) Quinine
(c) Saponaria
(d) Mint

4. Since the visit from the government workers, The Arches Park has
(a) Become a parking lot for RVs
(b) Grown into a huge tourist attraction
(c) Closed down to outsiders
(d) Turned into a village

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 brooding meditation on space and solitude
(d) A mournful call to some other dimension

Short Answer Questions

1. The natural wonder that Edward is able to see in his new location is

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

3. Edward Abbey is living in isolation,

4. Abbey describes the scene he observes as

5. The physical comforts in his trailer include

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