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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 insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?
(a) Joseph Cline.
(b) Isaac Cline.
(c) Laura Cline.
(d) Cora Cline.

2. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?
(a) 5 feet.
(b) 3 feet.
(c) 1 foot.
(d) 10 inches.

3. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?
(a) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(b) A. V. Kellogg.
(c) William B. Stockman.
(d) William Dampier.

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

5. What General of the US Signal Corps wanted to staff his department with the best in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) J. W. Simmons.
(b) William B. Hazen.
(c) T. P. Halsey.
(d) William Sterett.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Isaac finally reached home in Part III: Spectacle, his yard was already how deep in water?

2. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

3. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?

4. What sportswriter in New Jersey does the author discuss in Introduction: The Beach?

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

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