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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Galveston on September 6th, Joseph Cline made his weather observations at what time?
2. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the Thursday morning weather map did not show temperatures for Key West. Instead, what letter was inserted?
3. 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?
4. Where did Isaac Cline first meet his wife?
5. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the actions of the Weather Bureau affect sea captains such as T.P. Halsey?
2. Whom did Isaac Cline contact on the morning of September 8, 1900? Why?
3. When did the storm that hit Galveston enter the Caribbean, according to the author in Part II: the Serpent's Coil? What conditions led it to grow there?
4. What recent scandal was Isaac Cline unaware of within the Signal Corps when he entered training in Part I: The Law of Storms?
5. How does the author describe the "August wave" in Part I: The Law of Storms?
6. How does the author describe the summer of 1900 in terms of weather in Introduction: The Beach? How is the setting of Galveston described during this time period?
7. What concerned Isaac about the weather on the night of September 7, 1900?
8. What associations did Isaac Cline have with the medical profession? How did this correlate to meteorology?
9. What were the predictions by the US Weather Bureau for the storm when it hit Florida?
10. What had led to the schism between Cuban and US meteorologists?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Should the media censor information which could lead to panic? In the case of the hurricane of 1900, would the civilians have been better off knowing that a "cyclone" were approaching? What examples from contemporary society can we see of the media or governmental agencies censoring what is told to the public?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the members of Isaac Cline's family. What was Isaac's relationship like with his brother? How many children did Isaac have? How was his home described in the narrative? What elements of conflict existed within the Cline family?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the meteorological discoveries of Thomas Jefferson, the Byzantine Empire, Aristotle and the Greeks, and Galileo. Of what importance were these men's discoveries to Isaac Cline? How had history developed a fascination for the weather in Isaac? In what ways did Isaac as a "scientist" relate to these historical figures?
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