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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: The Second Voyage of Captain James Cook.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you describe Nevil Maskelyne?
(a) A villian.
(b) A patriot.
(c) Lucky.
(d) A scientist.

2. When did clock makers begin to design clocks to measure longitude?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 14th century.
(d) 16th century.

3. Who was hired to copy the H-4?
(a) John Jeffreys.
(b) Captain Cook.
(c) George III.
(d) Larcum Kendall.

4. What did Edmund Halley successfully predict?
(a) The winner of the longitude prize.
(b) The accuracy of a clock.
(c) The navigational currents of the Atlantic.
(d) Celestial movements.

5. Thirty miles is how many degrees of longitude?
(a) Ten degrees.
(b) Five degrees.
(c) Half a degree.
(d) Eight degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Harrison to build H1?

2. How many times was Harrison married?

3. Who aided Harrison in building the H-3?

4. Who developed the "lunar distance method" to longitude?

5. The members of the Board of Longitude were members of which class of society?

(see the answer key)

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