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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the fifty years between New Orleans' floods of 1735 and 1785, what does the author say brings a false sense of security against flooding?
(a) Extended, raised levees.
(b) Concrete seawalls.
(c) Drought conditions.
(d) Prosperous economic boom.

2. When workers in Vestmannaeyjar hose down lava, why do they keep moving?
(a) Because the lava flow keeps shifting.
(b) To cool down other parts of the flow.
(c) To keep their boots from burning up.
(d) To stay warm in the cold climate.

3. Sympathetically, who does McPhee blame for destructive actions against the natural order of the environment?
(a) Foreign policy.
(b) The United Nations.
(c) The Executive branch of government.
(d) Man.

4. Why do residents of Heimaey hose down oncoming lava?
(a) Create a chilled wall of lava to stop the flow.
(b) Because of local superstitions.
(c) It was attempted there before successfully.
(d) Act of desperation in fear of the oncoming lava.

5. What is commonly fished from the bayou regions around the Atchafalaya?
(a) Trout.
(b) Crawfish.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Lobster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rabalais says he remembers being taught in high school that one day, these would be built:

2. The author mentions that when he met Rabalais, he wore what in his pocket?

3. When Magnus Magnusson takes the author to visit an old monument in Iceland, what do they do?

4. Heimaey is considered to be an important what?

5. In the early days of New Orleans, residents build their homes on what?

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