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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. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:
(a) A moment in time.
(b) A lump of metal.
(c) A magic box.
(d) A technological reversal.

2. In the earliest lines of latitude, what marked the zero-degree line?
(a) The tropic of cancer.
(b) The prime meridian.
(c) The equator.
(d) The north pole.

3. Who used the moons of Jupiter to solve the longitude problem?
(a) Newton.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Commodore Anson.
(d) Ptolomy.

4. What toy does the narrator play with at the beginning of Chapter 1: Imaginary Lines?
(a) A beaded wire ball.
(b) A yo-yo.
(c) A spinning top.
(d) A globe.

5. Before using clocks to navigate longitude, sailors used the __________.
(a) Maps.
(b) Currents.
(c) Sky: sun, moon, stars and constellations.
(d) Compass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could have avoided the tragedy near the Scilly Islands?

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

4. Where does the quote at the beginning of Chapter 3: Adrift in a Clockwork Universe have the author dreaming he is locked in?

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

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