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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. Which of the following was NOT an early player in the quest for the longitude prize?
(a) Flamsteed.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Halley.
(d) Newton.

2. What did King Louis build in Paris?
(a) The Eifel Tower.
(b) A telescope.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) An astronomical obersvatory.

3. The Parliamentary committee assembled to respond to the problem of longitude relied on which two experts?
(a) Ptolomy and Jupiter.
(b) Newton and Halley.
(c) Flamsteed and Thacker.
(d) Whiston and Ditton.

4. What was Giovanni Domenico Cassini famous for?
(a) Discovering the moons of Jupiter.
(b) Publishing accurate maps.
(c) Sailing around the world.
(d) Inventing the pendulum clock.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many times was Harrison married?

3. What was one disadvantage to using the magnetic variation method to determine longitude?

4. Where did Harrison go to present his case to the Board of Longitude?

5. Who explained the moons of Jupiter with the velocity of light?

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