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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?
(a) William Dampier.
(b) John Blagden.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) Henry Piddington.

2. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Rodney Maher.
(b) Matthew Lithburg.
(c) Matthew Cohen.
(d) Henry Cohen.

3. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the author writes that the big storm entered the Caribbean on what date?
(a) May12, 1901.
(b) August 31, 1900.
(c) October 1, 1899.
(d) July 18, 1898.

4. Isaac Cline's neighbor sent a telegram to whom, telling them to delay a trip into Galveston?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His cousin.

5. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?
(a) The Boxer Rebellion.
(b) The Samurai Revolution.
(c) The Bamboo Storm.
(d) The Panda Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?

2. Going back to the third century BC, who noted that "air" had substance, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

3. Who, flanked by his Rough Riders, campaigned for the vice presidency in Introduction: The Beach?

4. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's husband?

5. Where did Isaac Cline earn his Doctor of Medicine degree?

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