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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. What was the official title of the monetary award for solving the longitude problem?
(a) The Longitude Prize.
(b) The Longitude Problem.
(c) The Longitude Award.
(d) The Longitude Solution.

2. Where was the destination the Centurion was sailing for?
(a) Scilly Islands.
(b) Tierra del Feugo.
(c) Cape Noir.
(d) Juan Fernandez Island.

3. Who used the moons of Jupiter to solve the longitude problem?
(a) Commodore Anson.
(b) Newton.
(c) Ptolomy.
(d) Galileo.

4. What did Humphrey Ditton propose to use to solve the longitude problem?
(a) Animals.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Compass.
(d) Telescope.

5. Huygen's clocks went on a number of voyages. On the third voyage to the Cape Verde Islands, what did his clock do?
(a) Stopped working midway through the voyage because of the temperature change.
(b) Sent the ship 50 miles off course.
(c) Made the ship arrive three weeks ahead of schedule.
(d) Kept good track of the ship's longitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific, what did they not take with them?

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

3. In order for Ditton's and Whiston's plan to determine longitude to work, what would have to be done?

4. Who helped Harrison build a clock that never lost more than a second per month?

5. What did WIlliam Whiston contribute to the longitude debate?

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