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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to the study of weather conditions averaged over a period of time?
(a) Climatology.
(b) Ecology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Stormology.

3. In November 1703, the coast of England was hit by a series of powerful storms, killing more than how many seamen?
(a) 4,500.
(b) 12,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 2,500.

4. On Wednesday, the Weather Bureau was predicting that the storm would move north and land in New England by what day?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

5. When Joseph Cline made his weather observations on September 6th, what was the temperature?
(a) 71 degrees.
(b) 57 degrees.
(c) 80 degrees.
(d) 92 degrees.

6. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.
(a) Morocco.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Niger.
(d) Cameroon.

7. Who, flanked by his Rough Riders, campaigned for the vice presidency in Introduction: The Beach?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Henry Howgate.
(c) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(d) Chauncey Depew.

8. On September 1, 1900, the Rollfing family made their last payment on what?
(a) A farm.
(b) A piano.
(c) A house.
(d) A car.

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

10. What physicist improved upon Galileo's device and created the first barometer?
(a) Ernest Zebrowski.
(b) Evangelista Torricelli.
(c) Chauncey Depew.
(d) Edmund Halley.

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

12. What refers to the lowest portion of Earth's atmosphere?
(a) Mesosphere.
(b) Troposphere.
(c) Thermosphere.
(d) Stratosphere.

13. In August of what year did Columbus' ships sail on smooth waters under blue skies when an observer sounded the alarm after sighting huge swells just ahead, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) 1654.
(b) 1492.
(c) 1583.
(d) 1527.

14. Who was the Chief of the U S Weather Bureau in 1900?
(a) Willis Moore.
(b) Chauncey Depew.
(c) Henry Howgate.
(d) Judson Palmer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Isaac Cline born?

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

3. What city suffered from twelve consecutive days of 90 degree temperatures or above, prior to the hurricane that hit Galveston?

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

5. What was the name of Isaac Cline's younger brother who lived with his family and worked for the weather service as an observer?

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