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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The Diamond Timekeeper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times was Harrison married?
(a) Never.
(b) Twice.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

2. What was the name of the Portugese ship described in Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time that ran into a Spanish fleet?
(a) Romney.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Madre de Deus.
(d) Centurion.

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

4. 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.

5. How old was Harrison when he built his first pendulum clock?
(a) 55.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) Less than 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Huygens best known as?

2. What was wrong with the watch built within a vacuum?

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

4. How much did H-3 weigh?

5. What was Harrison's most prized accomplishment?

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