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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Founding Father kept a lifelong weather journal, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) George Washington.

2. In Introduction: The Beach, Isaac had warnings from the central Weather Bureau that what location had been battered by a severe tropical storm?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Spain.

3. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 4,500.
(d) 12,000.

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

5. At the turn of the century, Galveston was a cosmopolitan boom town, poised to take on the same status as New Orleans or ___________, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach.
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Isaac Cline had considered becoming what before he was invited to study climatology?

2. What college did Isaac Cline attend?

3. In August of what year did Columbus' ships sail on smooth waters under blue skies when an observer sounded the alarm after sighting huge swells just ahead, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

4. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?

5. What tamale vendor had an asterisk by his name, indicating he was an untrustworthy businessman in Galveston records, according to the author in Introduction: The Beach?

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