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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: the Serpent's Coil.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part I: The Law of Storms, the author writes that the storm began gathering over the African highlands east of _____________.
(a) Morocco.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Cameroon.
(d) Niger.

3. What bison hunter and showman does the author describe performing in the Wild West in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Buffalo Bill Cody.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Henry Piddington.

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

5. Whose controlling nature had resulted in a schism between Cuban and US meteorologists?
(a) Chief Willis Moore's.
(b) Colonel William Sterett.
(c) Rabbi Henry Cohen.
(d) Evangelista Torricelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?

2. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?

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

4. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?

5. What term refers to a wind that blows against the direction of travel?

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