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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Canberra known?
(a) Urban planning.
(b) Inner city regrowth.
(c) Suburban sprawl.
(d) Downtown decay.

2. What did Captain Arthur Phillip bring with him to Australia in 1788?
(a) Children.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Criminals.

3. Where did Bryson and Hart take a day trip from Broken Hill?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The desert.
(c) The beach.
(d) The plateaus.

4. It is unusual that Australia gets such little Western media coverage because ___________________.
(a) because the country is so big.
(b) there are a lot of celebrities there.
(c) people are fascinated with kangaroos.
(d) it is one of the world's most unique places.

5. What is the name of the railroad Bryson took to travel across the continent?
(a) Kangaroo Ltd.
(b) Australia Ltd.
(c) Aborigine Express.
(d) Indian Pacific.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Bryson spend some time discussing in the book?

2. How much do most people know about Australia?

3. What is Bryson's traveling companion's name?

4. What is commemorated in the Lambing Flat Museum?

5. Early European explorers thought Australia was the size of __________________.

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