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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. Where was the destination the Centurion was sailing for?
(a) Juan Fernandez Island.
(b) Cape Noir.
(c) Scilly Islands.
(d) Tierra del Feugo.

2. What was Harrison's most prized accomplishment?
(a) Inventing military time.
(b) Inventing a clock that would keep accurate time at sea.
(c) Inventing a clock with hands.
(d) Discovering the lunar method of calculating longitude.

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

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

5. What did King Louis XIV of France complain about with more accurate measures of longitude?
(a) That the economic costs of not knowing longitude were bankrupting his country.
(b) That sea travel became more treacherous.
(c) That he was losing more territory to his astronomers than his enemies.
(d) That maps based on stars were inaccurate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was in command of the ships that ran into the Scilly Islands near England?

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

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

4. After the Association ran aground and the captain's body was found, what of value was found on him?

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

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