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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli discover?
(a) Thermometer.
(b) Wind speed.
(c) Tidal chart.
(d) Barometer.

2. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?
(a) Willem Defoe.
(b) Daniel Day Lewis.
(c) Daniel Defoe.
(d) William Dampier.

3. How old is Isaac?
(a) 29.
(b) 34.
(c) 42.
(d) 38.

4. What is Isaac's occupation in addition to being a meteorologist?
(a) Anthropologist.
(b) Geologist.
(c) Physician.
(d) Psychologist.

5. Who writes parodies about the efforts of the weather service?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Jules Verne.
(d) George Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many miles above sea level is the highest point of Galveston?

2. A photograph of Isaac shows him to be what?

3. What does the Weather Bureau forbid its stations from doing?

4. What weather phenomenon sets Isaac on the path to being a meteorologist?

5. What are swimsuits made from in 1900?

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