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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Hands on Heaven's Clock.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Humphrey Ditton propose to use to solve the longitude problem?
(a) Animals.
(b) Compass.
(c) Telescope.
(d) Sounds.

2. What was one benefit of the Whiston-Ditton proposal?
(a) It led to glory for England for being the first to solve the problem of longitude.
(b) It led to the monetary award for a solution to the longitude problem.
(c) It was a reliable method of determining longitude.
(d) Whiston and Ditton each became rich off of their proposal.

3. Complete this analogy from Chapter 4:Time in a Bottle: Time is to clock as mind is to ____________.
(a) Brain.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Stars.
(d) Head.

4. What country was John Hadley from?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) England.
(d) United States.

5. What was the powder of sympathy method to determine longitude called?
(a) The healing bird theory.
(b) The barking animal theory.
(c) The wounded dog theory.
(d) The magical powder theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease afflicted many sailors at sea for long periods of time?

2. What was the tool introduced by John Davis in 1595 to better look at the sun called?

3. Who was Edmund Halley's heir?

4. How many men of the original 500 perished on Centurion's voyage to the South Pacific?

5. When was the magnetic compass invented?

(see the answer key)

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