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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. 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?
(a) 1583.
(b) 1654.
(c) 1492.
(d) 1527.

2. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?
(a) March 1, 1911.
(b) January 22, 1894.
(c) September 7, 1900.
(d) May 16, 1898.

3. What Englishman studied the significance of the colors of the skies just prior to a storm?
(a) William Redfield.
(b) William Dampier.
(c) Henry Howgate.
(d) J. W. Simmons.

4. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

5. 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?
(a) July 4, 1899.
(b) June 18, 1901.
(c) September 20, 1902.
(d) August 27, 1900.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who proved that air had mass, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?

5. 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 _____________.

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