Mary Hunter Austin Trivia Quiz: An American nature writer

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Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) was an American nature writer and early feminist who wrote The Land of Little Rain (1903), a classic about the American Southwest. Austin lived in California and made a special study of the indigenous peoples of the Mojave Desert. She was also a novelist, poet, critic, and playwright.

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In what year did Mary Hunter Austin graduate from Blackburn College?

  • 1891

  • 1888

  • 1903

  • 1911

What was Mary Hunter Austin's involvement in the California Water Wars?

  • She was a supporter of the water supply to Los Angeles.

  • She was a neutral observer of the conflict.

  • She and her husband were involved in the fight against the draining of Owens Valley.

  • She and her husband were involved in the draining of Owens Valley.

Who was Mary Hunter Austin's acquaintance that she praised in a tribute in the American Magazine?

  • Jack London

  • Ambrose Bierce

  • H. G. Wells

  • Sinclair Lewis

Who was part of the cultural circle that Mary Hunter Austin was involved with in Carmel-by-the-Sea?

  • Native American and Spanish-American writers

  • Water rights activists

  • European artists and writers

  • American nature writers

Who did Mary Hunter Austin marry in 1891?

  • George Hunter

  • Stafford Wallace Austin

  • H. G. Wells

  • Jack London

Where was Mary Hunter Austin born?

  • Carlinville, Illinois

  • San Joaquin Valley, California

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Where did Mary Hunter Austin move to around 1907?

  • San Francisco, California

  • Los Angeles, California

  • Death Valley, California

  • Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

In what year was The Arrow Maker produced at the New Theatre in New York?

  • 1888

  • 1911

  • 1903

  • 1934

What was Mary Hunter Austin's main area of study for 17 years?

  • The flora and fauna of the American Southwest

  • The water supply of California

  • The indigenous peoples of the Mojave Desert

  • The art colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea

What is Mary Hunter Austin's most famous work?

  • The California Water Wars

  • The Arrow Maker

  • The Land of Little Rain

  • A tribute to H. G. Wells

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