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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. Isaac Cline arrived in Washington, DC to study at the US Signal Corps on what date?
(a) October 11, 1887.
(b) July 6, 1882.
(c) April 2, 1894.
(d) July 25, 1885.

2. What was a nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" in China between 1898 and 1901?
(a) The Samurai Revolution.
(b) The Panda Movement.
(c) The Bamboo Storm.
(d) The Boxer Rebellion.

3. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?
(a) Albany, New York.
(b) Aurora, Illinois.
(c) Abilene, Texas.
(d) Anchorage, Alaska.

4. What concept was put forth in Perils of a Restless Planet?
(a) Pushwind.
(b) Nonlinear dynamics.
(c) Headwind.
(d) Tailwind.

5. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, Isaac walked to the beach and noted the arrival of a large British steamship called _____________.
(a) Englands Majesty.
(b) The Queen Mary III.
(c) The King Charles II.
(d) The Roma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was assigned as a new bureau forecast official for Havana?

2. Captain Simmons ordered his crew to head for the channel at the east end of _____________.

3. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

4. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?

5. When did the Second Anglo-Boer War begin?

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