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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 Huygens best known as?
(a) The first great philosopher.
(b) The first great scientist.
(c) The first great horologist.
(d) The first great astronomer.

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

3. Who developed the "lunar distance method" to longitude?
(a) Admiral Shovell.
(b) Ole Roemer.
(c) John Flamsteed.
(d) Johannes Werner.

4. What was Giovanni Domenico Cassini famous for?
(a) Sailing around the world.
(b) Publishing accurate maps.
(c) Inventing the pendulum clock.
(d) Discovering the moons of Jupiter.

5. What could have avoided the tragedy near the Scilly Islands?
(a) If the admiral had listened to a sailor who kept his own navigation.
(b) If the rudder on the ship hadn't been broken, the captain could have steered away from the islands.
(c) If the stars had been out so the captains could utilize them for navigation.
(d) If the lead ship had followed the directions of the admiral.

Short Answer Questions

1. The difference between longitude and latitude is that latitude lines _____________ each other.

2. What could the powder of sympathy reportedly do?

3. What does the term "dead reckoning" refer to?

4. Who used the moons of Jupiter to solve the longitude problem?

5. In AD 150, who plotted lines of longitude and latitude?

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