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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. Besides clocks, what was Hooke known for?
(a) A biologist, a surveyor, and a physicist.
(b) A capitalist, a dramatist, and an environmentalist.
(c) An astronomer, a geologist, and a realist.
(d) A cartologist, a botanist, and an astrologist.

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

3. When measuring longitude, each hour of time difference between the ship and starting point marks a progress of how many degrees of longitude?
(a) 15.
(b) 25.
(c) 5.
(d) 30.

4. How many men of the original 500 perished on Centurion's voyage to the South Pacific?
(a) One quarter.
(b) 500.
(c) All but two.
(d) Half.

5. What was Huygens best known as?
(a) The first great astronomer.
(b) The first great scientist.
(c) The first great philosopher.
(d) The first great horologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sailors died near the Scilly Islands?

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

3. The moon travels a distance roughly equal to its own width every _________.

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

5. What was the problem with pendulum clocks on ships?

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