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

2. What does the term "dead reckoning" refer to?
(a) An early way to navigate at sea using the position of stars and the moon.
(b) A primitive way to navigate at sea using estimates from a fixed point.
(c) An advanced way to determine longitude using clocks.
(d) A way to verify the number of sailors lost at sea.

3. Hooke nor Huygens were able to:
(a) Collaborate on a working clock.
(b) Produce a clock that worked at sea.
(c) Collect on the monetary prize offered for solving the problem of longitude.
(d) Get the Royal Society to declare a winner.

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

5. What did WIlliam Whiston contribute to the longitude debate?
(a) He proposed using the moon and the stars.
(b) He proposed using animals and sound.
(c) He proposed using a telescope and a compass.
(d) He proposed using sound and light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could the powder of sympathy reportedly do?

2. What did the Longitude Act of 1714 establish?

3. What was the name of the Portugese ship described in Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time that ran into a Spanish fleet?

4. Who explained the moons of Jupiter with the velocity of light?

5. What was Giovanni Domenico Cassini famous for?

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