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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. What was the size of the H1?
(a) Six ounces and the size of a modern wristwatch.
(b) Seventy pounds and enclosed in a 4x4x4 case.
(c) Five pounds and able to fit in a briefcase.
(d) One hundred pounds and the size of a small car.

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

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

4. Why was Maskelyne against Harrison?
(a) Maskelyne wanted to use his lunar-distance method to solve the problem of longitude.
(b) Maskelyne disliked Harrison's family.
(c) Maskelyne was supportive of Harrison but didn't believe his clocks would work.
(d) Maskelyne was jealous of the support Harrison was getting from the Board of Longitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Huygen's clocks went on a number of voyages. On the third voyage to the Cape Verde Islands, what did his clock do?

2. Who did Harrison first contact when he arrived in London?

3. How long did it take Harrison to build H-2?

4. Which clock did Harrison become dissatisfied with and never made to sea?

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

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