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

3. Who came up with a way to draw longitude meridians on the night sky?
(a) John Davis.
(b) Sir Kenelm Digby.
(c) William Whiston.
(d) Samuel Fyler.

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

5. When the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific, what did they not take with them?
(a) A compass.
(b) Harrison's clock.
(c) Smith's map.
(d) Medication to ward off scurvy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The main problem with the lunar method was that it took a great deal of ________________.

2. How did astronomers feel about Harrison's clock idea for solving the problem of longitude?

3. What was one disadvantage to using the magnetic variation method to determine longitude?

4. What did Hadley and Godfrey invent?

5. Who was Harrison's right-hand man in building clocks?

(see the answer key)

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