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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 college did Isaac Cline attend?
(a) Tulane College.
(b) Hiwassee College.
(c) Menominee College.
(d) Savannah College.

2. 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) Denver.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Chicago.

3. 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 Greeks.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Byzantines.
(d) The Romans.

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

5. After his meteorology training with the US Army Signal Corps, Isaac Cline was first assigned to what location?
(a) Omaha, Nebraska.
(b) Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(c) Topeka, Kansas.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What concept was put forth in Perils of a Restless Planet?

3. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?

4. Who was an English-Indian scientist and merchant captain who coined the name cyclone for tropical storms?

5. What was the warmest month on record from the upper Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley?

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