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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 Tukuhnikivats, the Island in the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The meaning of Abbey's words, "claritas, integritas, veritas" can be found in this quote:
(a) ...the desert reveals itself nakedly and cruelly, with no meaning but its own existnece
(b) To meet God or Medusa face to face, even if it means risking everything human in myself
(c) I am here...to confront, immediately and directly if it's possible, the bare bones of existence
(d) Paradox and bedrock.

3. Eating inside the trailer makes Abbey remember
(a) All he has left behind
(b) His mortal nature
(c) His childhood
(d) His parents

4. We learn that Abbey was raised
(a) In the mountains of New Mexico
(b) In the backwoods of the Allegheny Mountains
(c) In the foothillls of the Rocky Mountains
(d) In the Texas hill country

5. Ten miles away past the highway, Abbey can see
(a) Salt Creek Mesa
(b) Mesa of Moab
(c) Dead Horse Mesa
(d) The Arches Mesa

Short Answer Questions

1. The yucca plant is pollinated by

2. What is Abbey saying about the area in the Graham and Husk story?

3. Some ancient pictographs in the rocks depict

4. Abbey is polemic about

5. Since the visit from the government workers, The Arches Park has

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