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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. When the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific, what did they not take with them?
(a) Harrison's clock.
(b) Medication to ward off scurvy.
(c) Smith's map.
(d) A compass.

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

3. Early clocks weren't up to measuring longitude at sea for two reasons. They were not accurate and changed because of what while at sea?
(a) Rocking of the boat.
(b) Wind.
(c) Temperature.
(d) Speed of the boat.

4. When did clock makers begin to design clocks to measure longitude?
(a) 15th century.
(b) 14th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 16th century.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was built at Greenwich Park?

2. What was Huygens best known as?

3. What did Huygens and Hooke fight over?

4. What toy does the narrator play with at the beginning of Chapter 1: Imaginary Lines?

5. Huygen's clocks went on a number of voyages. On the third voyage to the Cape Verde Islands, what did his clock do?

(see the answer key)

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