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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. The placement of the prime meridian was a ____________ decision.
(a) Economic.
(b) Historical.
(c) Social.
(d) Political.

2. How long did Harrison work before receiving his monetary reward?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

4. How many sailors died near the Scilly Islands?
(a) 500.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

5. What role did the Board of Longitude play?
(a) Test the various proposals to the solution to longitude.
(b) Bring an international committee to review the longitude problem.
(c) Provided funding for research to solve the longitude problem.
(d) Unite angered seamen around the longitude prolem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the official title of the monetary award for solving the longitude problem?

2. What was Flamsteed's title?

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

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

5. Who won the Hooke/Huygens conflict?

(see the answer key)

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