LSU LA 1203 Midterm Exam
Which person did Mary Rinehart ride through the Rockies with?
Howard Eaton
Old Yellowstone Days was written in 1936 by _____?
Owen Wister
Who headed the commission overseeing the management of Yosemite Mariposa Grant
in the state of California?
Frederick Law Olmstead
Concord Hymn
April 19, 1775
What 3 things does the Concord Hymn celebrate?
1) The Shot Heard Round the World.
2) Minute Men
3) Rude Bridge Across the Flood
John Muir and Ralph waldo Emerson met in Yosemite. Muir called Emerson a ____ as
a sign of respect.
Sequoia
Which month is the Good Oak represented in?
February
Who wrote "A Nation's Park"?
George Caitlin
David Harmon stated in the preface that 2 authors could be called nature writers. Who
are the authors?
John Muir and John Burroughs
John McPhee described your instructor
talks in a slow roll that could get him a job in a movie, hair looks as though a hair or
comb would never have invited him to nature, has a yard which is a showcase of natural
succession.
Owen Wister is noted for writing ____ __________?
The Virginian
Frequently used free verse
Carl Sandbur