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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: In the Meridian Courtyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Edmund Halley successfully predict?
(a) The navigational currents of the Atlantic.
(b) The accuracy of a clock.
(c) The winner of the longitude prize.
(d) Celestial movements.

2. How did Maskelyne obtain all four of Harrison's clocks?
(a) He offered him a sum more than the Longitude Prize.
(b) He came to Harrison's door with a warrant.
(c) He broke into his home and took them.
(d) He tried, but never succeeded, in obtaining Harrison's clocks.

3. Who wrote "The British Mariner's Guide?"
(a) Maskelyne.
(b) Bliss.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Harrison.

4. How long did it take Harrison to build H1?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six months.

5. What was Nevil Maskelyne known as?
(a) "The astronomical prince."
(b) "The lunarologist."
(c) "The ocean's potions."
(d) "The seaman's astronomer."

Short Answer Questions

1. Harrison was an avid ___________.

2. What was Flamsteed's reaction to his maps being seized?

3. What did King Louis build in Paris?

4. Where did Newton believe the answer to the longitude problem lie?

5. When was the magnetic compass invented?

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