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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hawaii, how many volcanoes are there within the group that includes Mauna Loa?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

2. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:
(a) To conquer nature and advance humanity.
(b) To tame the wild Atchafalaya.
(c) To serve nature and protect man.
(d) To help control the Mississippi.

3. The author states that how much of New Orleans lies fifteen feet below sea level?
(a) Ten percent.
(b) One quarter.
(c) Half.
(d) All of it.

4. Who is Raphael G. Kazmann?
(a) Developer of electromagnetic therapy.
(b) Developer of tripod pilings.
(c) Author of Modern Hydrology.
(d) Author of Modern Thermodynamics.

5. When floodwaters cover twenty-six thousand square miles in 1927, how is New Orleans saved?
(a) Quickly digging a diversion channel.
(b) Layering sandbags along the riverbanks.
(c) Building concrete walls around the city.
(d) Blowing up a downstream levee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vestmannaeyjar holds how much of Iceland's total population?

2. In the early 1800s, private plantation owners in Louisiana levee riverbanks to:

3. How does Sigurdur Steinthorsson monitor volcanic gases during the 1973 eruption?

4. While aboard the Mississippi on his annual trip, General Sands tries to:

5. Norris F. Rabalais was born and raised in what Louisiana parish?

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