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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. Complete this analogy from Chapter 4:Time in a Bottle: Time is to clock as mind is to ____________.
(a) Heaven.
(b) Head.
(c) Stars.
(d) Brain.

2. What could have avoided the tragedy near the Scilly Islands?
(a) If the stars had been out so the captains could utilize them for navigation.
(b) If the rudder on the ship hadn't been broken, the captain could have steered away from the islands.
(c) If the lead ship had followed the directions of the admiral.
(d) If the admiral had listened to a sailor who kept his own navigation.

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

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

5. What does the term "dead reckoning" refer to?
(a) A primitive way to navigate at sea using estimates from a fixed point.
(b) An advanced way to determine longitude using clocks.
(c) An early way to navigate at sea using the position of stars and the moon.
(d) A way to verify the number of sailors lost at sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What disease afflicted many sailors at sea for long periods of time?

3. What did King Louis build in Paris?

4. Hooke nor Huygens were able to:

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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