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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: In the Meridian Courtyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did the Board of Longitude award both Earnshaw and Arnold?
(a) Twenty five thousand pounds.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Three thousand pounds.
(d) One hundred pounds.

2. What was the tool introduced by John Davis in 1595 to better look at the sun called?
(a) The sidestaff.
(b) The cross-staff.
(c) The cane.
(d) The backstaff.

3. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:
(a) A moment in time.
(b) A lump of metal.
(c) A technological reversal.
(d) A magic box.

4. What role did the Board of Longitude play?
(a) Bring an international committee to review the longitude problem.
(b) Test the various proposals to the solution to longitude.
(c) Provided funding for research to solve the longitude problem.
(d) Unite angered seamen around the longitude prolem.

5. In the Whiston-Ditton proposal, what did they hope to be exempt from?
(a) Acts of piracy.
(b) Espionage.
(c) War.
(d) Taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The British Mariner's Guide?"

2. Why was Maskelyne against Harrison?

3. When Harrison was asked to hand his plans over to the British government, what was his reaction?

4. What was Nevil Maskelyne known as?

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

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