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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War end?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1908.

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

3. In Part III: Spectacle, Isaac Cline drove the beach from one end to the other shouting at people to do what?
(a) Call refugees.
(b) Start fires.
(c) Take cover.
(d) Incite violence.

4. Going back to the third century BC, who noted that "air" had substance, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Byzantines.
(d) The Egyptians.

5. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?
(a) Nonlinear dynamics.
(b) Headwind.
(c) Pushwind.
(d) Tailwind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?

2. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

3. When Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th, what was the temperature?

4. The sequence that consisted of dry air, blue skies, and fair conditions changed to dominating high clouds and gray skies. Eventually, dark skies and a lower cloud ceiling were known as the _____________.

5. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?

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