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Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the metropolis of Los Angeles characterized?
(a) Sprawling and horizontal.
(b) Vertical and compact.
(c) Centralized.
(d) Flowing and efficient.

2. Who founds Dunkin' Donuts?
(a) Seymour Duncan.
(b) Alvin Donovan.
(c) William Rosenberg.
(d) John Cage.

3. Walt Disney buys 160 acres of what in Anaheim to build Disneyland?
(a) Desert wasteland.
(b) Swamp land.
(c) Bird sanctuary land.
(d) Orange Groves.

4. What percentage of American children between the ages of three and nine visit a McDonald's?
(a) 90 percent.
(b) 30 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 80 percent.

5. In 1973, what causes the fast food industry to temporarily lose stock value?
(a) The Arab oil embargo.
(b) The death of Ray Kroc.
(c) Mad cow disease.
(d) The advent of health food markets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes over Southern California, completely changing the lifestyle of the population there?

2. How does Michael Witzel characterize the drive-in restaurants of the early 1940's?

3. Which president enacts the Interstate Highway Act, modeled after Adolph Hitler's autobahn system?

4. Which law is passed that makes it illegal for fast food websites to ask for personal information from children?

5. Which transport industry is intentionally wiped out in Southern California?

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