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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 was Flamsteed's reaction to his maps being seized?
(a) He burned most of his maps.
(b) He made incorrect copies and gave those to the British government.
(c) He angrily turned them all over to Newton.
(d) He was so frustrated he gave up the quest to solve longitude.

2. What was built at Greenwich Park?
(a) The Royal Observatory.
(b) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(c) The Celestial Palace.
(d) The Paris Observatory.

3. Where did Newton believe the answer to the longitude problem lie?
(a) A clock based solution.
(b) An astronomical solution.
(c) A sound and light solution.
(d) The wounded dog theory.

4. Who won the Hooke/Huygens conflict?
(a) Hooke.
(b) Both.
(c) Hugyens.
(d) Neither.

5. When measuring longitude, each hour of time difference between the ship and starting point marks a progress of how many degrees of longitude?
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 5.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could the powder of sympathy reportedly do?

2. What was the official title of the monetary award for solving the longitude problem?

3. What was the name of the Portugese ship described in Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time that ran into a Spanish fleet?

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

5. How many times was Harrison married?

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