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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. Who aided Harrison in building the H-3?
(a) No one. He did it entirely on his own.
(b) His father.
(c) His son.
(d) His daughter.

2. What unusual occurrence helped in early navigation at sea?
(a) Solar and lunar eclipses.
(b) Comets.
(c) Asteroids.
(d) Storms.

3. What toy does the narrator play with at the beginning of Chapter 1: Imaginary Lines?
(a) A beaded wire ball.
(b) A spinning top.
(c) A globe.
(d) A yo-yo.

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

5. Thirty miles is how many degrees of longitude?
(a) Five degrees.
(b) Half a degree.
(c) Eight degrees.
(d) Ten degrees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Huygens and Hooke fight over?

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

3. What was one of Harrison's innovations?

4. Which of the following people were not members of the Board of Longitude?

5. What role did the Board of Longitude play?

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