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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. What disease afflicted many sailors at sea for long periods of time?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Scurvy.
(d) Malaria.

2. What country was Thomas Godfrey from?
(a) Spain.
(b) United States.
(c) England.
(d) France.

3. Who built a watch within a vacuum that could tell stable time?
(a) Newton.
(b) Thacket.
(c) Flamsteed.
(d) Galileo.

4. What did Harrison complete in 1759?
(a) H-3.
(b) H-1.
(c) H-4.
(d) H-2.

5. How many men of the original 500 perished on Centurion's voyage to the South Pacific?
(a) All but two.
(b) 500.
(c) One quarter.
(d) Half.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which clock can function today, but is not run in order to preserve its parts?

2. When measuring longitude, each hour of time difference between the ship and starting point marks a progress of how many degrees of longitude?

3. What could have avoided the tragedy near the Scilly Islands?

4. When did clock makers begin to design clocks to measure longitude?

5. What kind of mechanisms did the H-4 contain?

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