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

2. Despite Isaac's alarm, his office still downplayed the potential severity of the storm, referring to it by what name?
(a) A twenty-year storm.
(b) An offspur of the Florida storm.
(c) An average rainstorm.
(d) A moderate hail event.

3. Who insisted on staying in Isaac Cline's house, believing it to be capable of withstanding the storm?
(a) Joseph Cline.
(b) Laura Cline.
(c) Isaac Cline.
(d) Cora Cline.

4. What was the name of the steamship that Captain T. P. Halsey commanded during the storm?
(a) "The Virginia."
(b) "The Louisiana."
(c) "The California."
(d) "The Colorado."

5. The narrative of Introduction: The Beach states that on the night of what date did Isaac Monroe Cline have an inexplicable feeling of foreboding?
(a) May 16, 1898.
(b) January 22, 1894.
(c) September 7, 1900.
(d) March 1, 1911.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

2. What was the name of Louisa Rollfing's husband?

3. Where did Isaac Cline earn his Doctor of Medicine degree?

4. Isaac Cline's neighbor sent a telegram to whom, telling them to delay a trip into Galveston?

5. Isaac Cline's house capsized after being hit by what object?

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