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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 & 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias,” which is quoted in the opening of Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Michael Robinson.
(c) James Marshall.
(d) Jim Casey.

2. What is the name given to the principal hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds which drain into the Pacific Ocean?
(a) The Rocky Mountains.
(b) The American Ridge.
(c) The Continental Divide.
(d) The Canadian Spur.

3. What is the title of Chapter Three?
(a) “Things Fall Apart.”
(b) “The Red Queen.”
(c) “A Country of Illusion.”
(d) “First Causes.”

4. What is the title of the book’s Introduction?
(a) A Semidesert with a Desert Heart.
(b) First Causes.
(c) Rivals in Crime.
(d) Chinatown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1848, what was the population of San Francisco?

2. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?

3. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?

4. How long does the author say civilization had existed in Utah since Brigham Young led his followers there, in the Introduction?

5. For what organization was Marc Reisner a staff writer from 1972 to 1979?

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