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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Adrift in a Clockwork Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the problem with pendulum clocks on ships?
(a) There were no problems, pemdulum clocks were very accurate onboard ships.
(b) Pendulum clocks would always point north.
(c) The ship's rocking would slow down or speed up the clock.
(d) Pendulum clocks were so valuable, the main concern was theft.

2. The difference between longitude and latitude is that latitude lines _____________ each other.
(a) Intersect.
(b) Parallel.
(c) Converge with.
(d) Bisect.

3. Who explained the moons of Jupiter with the velocity of light?
(a) Tycho Brahe.
(b) Ole Roemer.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Cassini.

4. What was built at Greenwich Park?
(a) The Paris Observatory.
(b) The Royal Observatory.
(c) The Celestial Palace.
(d) St. Paul's Cathedral.

5. Who was in command of the ships that ran into the Scilly Islands near England?
(a) Samuel Pepys.
(b) John Harrison.
(c) Commodore George Anson.
(d) Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did King Louis XIV of France complain about with more accurate measures of longitude?

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

3. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:

4. When the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific, what did they not take with them?

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

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