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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. Where does Isaac give a speech about weather to a packed crowd?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Washington.
(c) Galveston Civic Center.
(d) Galveston YMCA.

2. What is the name of the steamship in the gulf on the day of the Hurricane?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Pensacola.
(d) Utah.

3. What is the name of the most elegant hotel in Galveston?
(a) Driskoll.
(b) Wilshire.
(c) Strand.
(d) Tremont.

4. For whom does Isaac record weather?
(a) University of Texas.
(b) Galveston Times.
(c) U.S. Weather Bureau.
(d) U.S. Signal Corps.

5. What aspects of the weather does Isaac record?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Temperature and barometric pressures.
(c) Wave heights.
(d) Rainfall and wind speeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many blocks does Isaac live from the beach?

2. Whom does Isaac consider one of the great pioneers of meteorology?

3. In 1891, the weather service comes under the control of what organization?

4. In 1888, what weather disaster does the weather service fail to forecast?

5. General Hazen is in charge of what?

(see the answer key)

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