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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Powder of Sympathy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did Harrison work before receiving his monetary reward?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 30 years.

3. How is the fog described at the beginning of Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time?
(a) "London fog."
(b) "Pea soup."
(c) "Smokestacks.:
(d) "Dirty weather."

4. What did King Louis XIV of France complain about with more accurate measures of longitude?
(a) That he was losing more territory to his astronomers than his enemies.
(b) That the economic costs of not knowing longitude were bankrupting his country.
(c) That maps based on stars were inaccurate.
(d) That sea travel became more treacherous.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did clock makers begin to design clocks to measure longitude?

3. What toy does the narrator play with at the beginning of Chapter 1: Imaginary Lines?

4. What did Humphrey Ditton propose to use to solve the longitude problem?

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

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