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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: A Tale of Two Portraits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After successfully testing the H-4, how much of the Longitude Prize did Harrison receive?
(a) Half of the reward.
(b) None of the reward.
(c) All of the reward.
(d) Third of the reward.

2. How many more times accurate was the H-4 than the Longitude Act required?
(a) Two times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Five times.

3. Who did Harrison first contact when he arrived in London?
(a) George Graham.
(b) Dr. James Bradley.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Admiral Norris.

4. What did George Graham give Harrison?
(a) A pass to the Royal Observatory.
(b) A model clock.
(c) A loan to build his first clock.
(d) A book on the mechanics of clockmaking.

5. Hooke nor Huygens were able to:
(a) Produce a clock that worked at sea.
(b) Get the Royal Society to declare a winner.
(c) Collect on the monetary prize offered for solving the problem of longitude.
(d) Collaborate on a working clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the size of the H1?

2. Who completed the first working pendulum clock?

3. What did Huygens and Hooke fight over?

4. The members of the Board of Longitude were members of which class of society?

5. Who took Nathaniel Bliss's spot on the Board of Longitude?

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