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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. What is the main point of Chapter 6: The Prize?
(a) Award a prize of land for an article published about latitude.
(b) Explain the goal of the people in the book: win the prize by solving the problem of longitude.
(c) Determine the winner of the longitude prize.
(d) Explain the clock based approach to longitude.

2. How many sailors died near the Scilly Islands?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 2,000.

3. What was one of Harrison's innovations?
(a) A new clock face that revolutionized the way we tell time.
(b) A vacuum that held out temperature changes.
(c) A brass and steel pendulum that aided in keeping time despite temperature changes.
(d) Gears that could last for extended periods at sea.

4. What did Harrison complete in 1759?
(a) H-1.
(b) H-2.
(c) H-3.
(d) H-4.

5. What is the size of the H-4?
(a) An area of six centimeters.
(b) 4" x 4" x 4".
(c) Five inches in diameter.
(d) 2" x 2" x 2".

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Edmund Halley successfully predict?

2. How accurate was the solution to longitude to be?

3. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:

4. Harrison was an avid ___________.

5. What was Harrison's most prized accomplishment?

(see the answer key)

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