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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 could the powder of sympathy reportedly do?
(a) Make one immortal.
(b) Cure scurvy.
(c) Point north when mixed with water.
(d) Heal at a distance.

2. What was the punishment for mutiny on the Association?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Thrown overboard.
(c) Water boarding.
(d) Decapitation.

3. Where did Harrison go to present his case to the Board of Longitude?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Edinburgh.

4. Where was the destination the Centurion was sailing for?
(a) Tierra del Feugo.
(b) Cape Noir.
(c) Scilly Islands.
(d) Juan Fernandez Island.

5. How many sailors died near the Scilly Islands?
(a) 500.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 4,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was famous for reducing the motion of the planets to a few equations?

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

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

4. What does the coiled balance spring do in clocks?

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

(see the answer key)

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