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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction & Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Reclamation Act established?
(a) 1854.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1902.

2. How long does the author say civilization had existed in Utah since Brigham Young led his followers there, in the Introduction?
(a) 56 years.
(b) 134 years.
(c) 212 years.
(d) 328 years.

3. The Reclamation Act was authored by what U.S. Representative?
(a) Jim Casey.
(b) Raymond Hill.
(c) Barry Goldwater.
(d) Francis G. Newlands.

4. What word used in the book’s Introduction means allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass?
(a) Irradiate.
(b) Pellucid.
(c) Translucent.
(d) Reflective.

5. How much of the water in California is used for irrigation purposes, according to the author?
(a) 80%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 65%.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Marc Reisner die?

2. Who was to the man to “discover a malleable yellow rock in the tail race of Sutter’s Mill on the American River above Sacramento” in the 1800s,” according to the author in Chapter One?

3. Almost all of the rain in Napa Valley falls between which months?

4. Who wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias,” which is quoted in the opening of Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water?

5. When was the revised and updated version of Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water published?

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