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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Time in a Bottle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the Portugese ship described in Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time that ran into a Spanish fleet?
(a) Centurion.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Madre de Deus.
(d) Romney.

3. In AD 150, who plotted lines of longitude and latitude?
(a) Newton.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Moses.
(d) Ptolemy.

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

5. What was Giovanni Domenico Cassini famous for?
(a) Publishing accurate maps.
(b) Discovering the moons of Jupiter.
(c) Sailing around the world.
(d) Inventing the pendulum clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Flamsteed's title?

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

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

4. When measuring longitude, each hour of time difference between the ship and starting point marks a progress of how many degrees of longitude?

5. What does the coiled balance spring do in clocks?

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