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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Cogmaker's Journal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main point of Chapter 6: The Prize?
(a) Award a prize of land for an article published about latitude.
(b) Determine the winner of the longitude prize.
(c) Explain the goal of the people in the book: win the prize by solving the problem of longitude.
(d) Explain the clock based approach to longitude.

2. What could have avoided the tragedy near the Scilly Islands?
(a) If the rudder on the ship hadn't been broken, the captain could have steered away from the islands.
(b) If the admiral had listened to a sailor who kept his own navigation.
(c) If the stars had been out so the captains could utilize them for navigation.
(d) If the lead ship had followed the directions of the admiral.

3. The placement of the prime meridian was a ____________ decision.
(a) Social.
(b) Political.
(c) Economic.
(d) Historical.

4. How many sailors died near the Scilly Islands?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

5. What was Harrison's most prized accomplishment?
(a) Inventing a clock with hands.
(b) Inventing a clock that would keep accurate time at sea.
(c) Discovering the lunar method of calculating longitude.
(d) Inventing military time.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order for Ditton's and Whiston's plan to determine longitude to work, what would have to be done?

2. What does the term "dead reckoning" refer to?

3. What was one benefit of the Whiston-Ditton proposal?

4. In AD 150, who plotted lines of longitude and latitude?

5. Who used the moons of Jupiter to solve the longitude problem?

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