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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. In the Whiston-Ditton proposal, what did they hope to be exempt from?
(a) War.
(b) Acts of piracy.
(c) Espionage.
(d) Taxes.

2. Who was Harrison's right-hand man in building clocks?
(a) His friend, Newton.
(b) His son, Jon.
(c) His son, William.
(d) His father, Joe.

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

4. Who was famous for reducing the motion of the planets to a few equations?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Leonhard Euler.
(c) John Harrison.
(d) John Hadley.

5. How did astronomers feel about Harrison's clock idea for solving the problem of longitude?
(a) They saw potential but were still very skeptical.
(b) They thought it ridiculous because it would be too expensive to mass produce clocks.
(c) They thought that it was outrageous because it didn't require the intellect of the lunar theory.
(d) They thought it had promise and could be used in conjunction with the lunar theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came up with a way to draw longitude meridians on the night sky?

2. What was the powder of sympathy method to determine longitude called?

3. What did Harrison complete in 1759?

4. Who was Edmund Halley's heir?

5. What did Huygens and Hooke fight over?

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