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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 what year was the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1892.

2. 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 Romans.
(c) The Egyptians.
(d) The Byzantines.

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

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

5. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?
(a) 12.6.
(b) 4.2.
(c) 8.7.
(d) 17.9.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?

3. What school dean recommended Isaac Cline to study at the US Signal Corps?

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?

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

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