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

2. What is the main difference in measuring longitude and latitude?
(a) Longitude is measured by time.
(b) Longitude is measured by the sun.
(c) Latitude is measured in degrees and longitude is not.
(d) Latitude is measured by time.

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

4. Hooke nor Huygens were able to:
(a) Produce a clock that worked at sea.
(b) Get the Royal Society to declare a winner.
(c) Collaborate on a working clock.
(d) Collect on the monetary prize offered for solving the problem of longitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Giovanni Domenico Cassini famous for?

2. When did clock makers begin to design clocks to measure longitude?

3. How is the fog described at the beginning of Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time?

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

5. What was built at Greenwich Park?

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