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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. 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

2. The clarity of the desert is illustrated in the desert's flora and fauna
(a) The danger in the plant forms
(b) The lack of life
(c) The uncrowded openness
(d) The heat and rock

3. Abbey will be allowed to drive the government truck
(a) Twice a month to inspect the Arches
(b) Once a month out into the desert for exploration
(c) Once a week to the Yellow Cat Badlands
(d) Once a week to headquarters and Moab

4. Blossoming near the shed behind Abbey's trailer is a dazzling
(a) Indian paintbrush
(b) Scarlet penstemon
(c) Skyrocket gilia
(d) Cliffrose

5. On his stomach, Abbey witnesses
(a) The mating dance of two bull snakes
(b) The retreat of the snakes from his cabin
(c) The burrowing of two snakes
(d) A fight between two rattlesnakes

Short Answer Questions

1. A medicinal property of the buckbrush is that of

2. When he sees a rattlesnake, Abbey reminds himself

3. The government survey crew came with plans to

4. Visiting Moab on Wednesdays, Edward Abbey deduces that the men in the beer joints have been

5. Abbey sees as a nuisance the presence in the desert of

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