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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: The Prize.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could the powder of sympathy reportedly do?
(a) Cure scurvy.
(b) Make one immortal.
(c) Point north when mixed with water.
(d) Heal at a distance.

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

3. In order for Ditton's and Whiston's plan to determine longitude to work, what would have to be done?
(a) Accurate clocks would need to be on all ships.
(b) A fleet of ships would need to be anchored at 600-mile intervals in the ocean.
(c) New discoveries in compasses would need to be made.
(d) Ship captains would need to go to "Longitude School."

4. 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.

5. What was Flamsteed's title?
(a) "King of naval longitude."
(b) "Astronomical observator."
(c) "Celestial navigator."
(d) "French stars master."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used the moons of Jupiter to solve the longitude problem?

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

3. Complete this analogy from Chapter 4:Time in a Bottle: Time is to clock as mind is to ____________.

4. In the earliest lines of latitude, what marked the zero-degree line?

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

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