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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Cataclysm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What astronomer was the first to recognize that the earth's rotation had a great impact on weather?
(a) John Blagden.
(b) Chauncey Depew.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Henry Howgate.

2. 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) Niger.
(c) Cameroon.
(d) Cuba.

3. Going back to the third century BC, who noted that "air" had substance, according to the author in Part I: The Law of Storms?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Byzantines.
(d) The Egyptians.

4. What politician wrote that Americans felt "four hundred percent bigger" than the year before in 1900?
(a) Henry Howgate.
(b) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(c) Teddy Roosevelt.
(d) Chauncey Depew.

5. Who was the founder and first President of American Association for the Advancement of Science?
(a) William Redfield.
(b) Edmund Halley.
(c) Henry Howgate.
(d) Dean Bruner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the passengers on the train from Beaumont, Texas, departed and headed to a lighthouse they saw in the distance when the train was trapped?

2. The fact that Isaac Cline paid cash for goods and services was published in a directory by what company?

3. In Part II: the Serpent's Coil, the Thursday morning weather map did not show temperatures for Key West. Instead, what letter was inserted?

4. Who was the engineer of the Galveston-Houston train that became trapped in Part III: Spectacle?

5. In what year was Isaac Cline born?

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