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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 nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?
(a) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(b) William B. Stockman.
(c) A. V. Kellogg.
(d) William Dampier.

2. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?
(a) John Blagden.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Chauncey Depew.

3. What was the name of the chief financial manager of the Signal Corps who was arrested for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars?
(a) Ruby Credo.
(b) William Redfield.
(c) Willis Moore.
(d) Henry Howgate.

4. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wheat.

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.
(a) Seattle.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Denver.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Isaac Cline join the meteorology training program of the US Army Signal Corps?

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

3. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?

4. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?

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

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