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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1583.
(b) 1654.
(c) 1492.
(d) 1527.

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

3. What did Isaac see sitting on every available object when he reached home?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Marmots.
(c) Birds.
(d) Bees.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What concept was put forth in Perils of a Restless Planet?

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

3. Isaac visited some merchants whom he told to raise their products how high off the floor because there could be some minor flooding?

4. After the storm, Isaac Cline claimed to have saved over how many people, according to the author in Part III: Spectacle?

5. The ship "The Louisiana" sailed from what location to Galveston during the hurricane of 1900?

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