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

2. What was one benefit of the Whiston-Ditton proposal?
(a) It was a reliable method of determining longitude.
(b) It led to glory for England for being the first to solve the problem of longitude.
(c) It led to the monetary award for a solution to the longitude problem.
(d) Whiston and Ditton each became rich off of their proposal.

3. What was the powder of sympathy method to determine longitude called?
(a) The barking animal theory.
(b) The magical powder theory.
(c) The healing bird theory.
(d) The wounded dog theory.

4. How long did it take to build the K-1?
(a) Fourteen months.
(b) Seven motnhs.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two and a half years.

5. In AD 150, who plotted lines of longitude and latitude?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Ptolemy.
(c) Moses.
(d) Newton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harrison claim was wrong with Maskelyne's test of the H-4.

2. Who won the Hooke/Huygens conflict?

3. Due to the astronomers' ______________, Harrison would face much resistance after he finished his greatest work.

4. The difference between longitude and latitude is that latitude lines _____________ each other.

5. What did King Louis build in Paris?

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