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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. Who took Nathaniel Bliss's spot on the Board of Longitude?
(a) Nevil Maskelyne.
(b) He was not replaced.
(c) Thomas Bradley.
(d) John Harrison.

2. What did Harrison need to do to prove the H-4 worked?
(a) Draw the plans before the Board of Longitude.
(b) Make two copies to prove that it could be duplicated.
(c) Label an astronomical map.
(d) Take it apart and put it back together.

3. How long did Harrison spend building H-3?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Five years.

4. Who completed the first working pendulum clock?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Thomas Blundeville.
(c) Vincenzio.
(d) Christian Huygens.

5. What was Huygens best known as?
(a) The first great philosopher.
(b) The first great astronomer.
(c) The first great horologist.
(d) The first great scientist.

Short Answer Questions

1. After successfully testing the H-4, how much of the Longitude Prize did Harrison receive?

2. Complete this analogy from Chapter 4:Time in a Bottle: Time is to clock as mind is to ____________.

3. How did Maskelyne obtain all four of Harrison's clocks?

4. How many more times accurate was the H-4 than the Longitude Act required?

5. How long would Nevil Maskelyne test the H-4 at the Royal Observatory?

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