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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Cataclysm.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What rabbi was shocked to see all the people walking away from the beach and carrying personal items with them in Part III: Spectacle?
(a) Matthew Lithburg.
(b) Rodney Maher.
(c) Matthew Cohen.
(d) Henry Cohen.

3. The sequence that consisted of dry air, blue skies, and fair conditions changed to dominating high clouds and gray skies. Eventually, dark skies and a lower cloud ceiling were known as the _____________.
(a) July rollercoaster.
(b) August wave.
(c) August breeze.
(d) July dream.

4. Isaac Cline had considered becoming what before he was invited to study climatology?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Park ranger.
(c) Animal trainer.
(d) Attorney.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the author writes that the big storm entered the Caribbean on what date?

2. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?

3. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?

4. How many of the passengers on the train from Beaumont, Texas, departed and headed to a lighthouse they saw in the distance when the train was trapped?

5. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?

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