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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cooling the Lava.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Magnus Magnusson takes the author to visit an old monument in Iceland, what do they do?
(a) Carve a new inscription on the monument.
(b) Read its inscription and view the landscape.
(c) Say a prayer for those who died in the eruption.
(d) Leave a wreathe and sing a battle song.

2. What does Magnus Magnusson tell Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson to protect first during the eruptions of 1973?
(a) Harbor.
(b) Fisheries.
(c) City.
(d) Canneries.

3. After being hosed down, how long does it take for red-hot lava to turn black?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Hours to days.
(c) Two and a half weeks.
(d) A month and a half.

4. What are residents of French Acadia called?
(a) Mississipiuns.
(b) Francadians.
(c) Arcadians.
(d) Cajuns.

5. Congress mandates that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey the Mississippi and tributaries in order to assure and improve what?
(a) Water rights.
(b) Aquatic recreation.
(c) Farmland irrigation.
(d) Inland navigation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?

2. In 1973, the eruptions in Heimaey begin on January 23 and continue vigorously before diminishing in strength through when?

3. During the 1973 volcanic eruptions, many farmers and fishermen leave Heimaey:

4. With "City Flow" moving towards them in Heimaey, what do pumping crews do?

5. Results of the U.S. Army Air Corps' actions on an insulating vent on Mauna Loa volcano in 1935 cannot be confirmed because:

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