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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Cogmaker's Journal.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Before using clocks to navigate longitude, sailors used the __________.
(a) Compass.
(b) Currents.
(c) Sky: sun, moon, stars and constellations.
(d) Maps.

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

5. At the end of Chapter 6: The Prize, how had Newton changed his thinking about the longitude problem?
(a) He was so frustrated he gave up the quest to solve longitude.
(b) He began to believe that there was no hope for solving the longitude problem.
(c) He began to think a clock might solve the longitude problem.
(d) He wrote about the benefits to an astronomical solution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harrison build that still function today?

2. What was Flamsteed's reaction to his maps being seized?

3. What was Harrison's most prized accomplishment?

4. When was the magnetic compass invented?

5. Which of the following was NOT an early player in the quest for the longitude prize?

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