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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. Were Harrison's clocks in working order before being taken for tests at the Royal Observatory?
(a) Maskelyne said they "were not" in working order.
(b) Maskelyne said they "needed a tune up" to be in working order.
(c) Maskelyne said they "most definetly" were in working order.
(d) Maskelyne said they "appeared to be" in working order.

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did clock makers begin to design clocks to measure longitude?

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

5. What did Harrison need to do to prove the H-4 worked?

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