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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 were the names of Isaac Cline's parents?
(a) Bradley and Susan Cline.
(b) Matthew and Harriet Cline.
(c) Jacob and Mary Cline.
(d) Thomas and Betsy Cline.

2. 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) Joseph Cline.
(b) William Cline.
(c) Robert Cline.
(d) Matthew Cline.

3. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?
(a) Edmund Halley.
(b) Ernest Zebrowski.
(c) Evangelista Torricelli.
(d) Chauncey Depew.

4. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?
(a) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(b) Cameroon.
(c) Niger.
(d) Hispaniola.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the captain who commanded the "Pensacola"?

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

5. How many daughters did Isaac Cline have in 1900?

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