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

2. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?
(a) William B. Hazen.
(b) J. W. Simmons.
(c) T. P. Halsey.
(d) William Sterett.

3. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?
(a) Robert Cline.
(b) Joseph Cline.
(c) Matthew Cline.
(d) William Cline.

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 _____________.
(a) August wave.
(b) July rollercoaster.
(c) July dream.
(d) August breeze.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?

2. According to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms, the first official notation of the storm was made by a Captain in his log on what date?

3. 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?

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

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.

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