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

2. Thirty miles is how many degrees of longitude?
(a) Eight degrees.
(b) Half a degree.
(c) Ten degrees.
(d) Five degrees.

3. In the earliest lines of latitude, what marked the zero-degree line?
(a) The north pole.
(b) The prime meridian.
(c) The equator.
(d) The tropic of cancer.

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

5. What was one disadvantage to using the magnetic variation method to determine longitude?
(a) It led to misalignment with the stars.
(b) Compasses were to large to take on ships.
(c) Compasses weren't continuously accurate.
(d) It could only be used on clear nights.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the magnetic compass invented?

2. When measuring longitude, each hour of time difference between the ship and starting point marks a progress of how many degrees of longitude?

3. Who won the Hooke/Huygens conflict?

4. What was the name of the Portugese ship described in Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time that ran into a Spanish fleet?

5. How many sailors died near the Scilly Islands?

(see the answer key)

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