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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Polemic: Industrial Tourism and the National Parks.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Abbey speculates that the mourning doves' call may be
(a) A warning that there is a human nearby
(b) A wish to make contact with the wolves
(c) A mournful call to some other dimension
(d) A brooding meditation on space and solitude
2. Edward Abbey's solution to preventing rattlesnakes is
(a) To feed them the mice in his trailer
(b) To scare them away with his walking stick
(c) To capture and domesticate a gopher snake
(d) To shoot them with his British Webley .45
3. Edward describes the colors of dawn in terms of
(a) Lavender, gold and rosey
(b) Gray, brown and tinny
(c) Rainbow of pastels
(d) Primary colors of life's art
4. The gopher snakes watch over Abbey like
(a) Voyeurs, watching his activities
(b) Totemic deities
(c) Enemies waiting to strike
(d) Predators watching their prey
5. Edward Abbey's garden is
(a) All that lies around him
(b) A flower garden in front of the porch
(c) A stand of locoweed
(d) A vegetable garden behind the trailer
Short Answer Questions
1. The loveliest, and sweet as a pretty girl, in Abbey's opinion, is
2. Abbey says, after a million years of neglect,
3. The prickly pear cactus and its blossom exemplifies the
4. The locals in Moab's bars do not become violent, perhaps because
5. Delicate Arch has been eroded by
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