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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 many sailors died near the Scilly Islands?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,000.

2. What was the size of the H1?
(a) One hundred pounds and the size of a small car.
(b) Five pounds and able to fit in a briefcase.
(c) Six ounces and the size of a modern wristwatch.
(d) Seventy pounds and enclosed in a 4x4x4 case.

3. What did Hadley and Godfrey invent?
(a) A working telescope.
(b) A celestial navigation map.
(c) A working clock.
(d) A method to calculate lunar distance.

4. Before using clocks to navigate longitude, sailors used the __________.
(a) Currents.
(b) Sky: sun, moon, stars and constellations.
(c) Maps.
(d) Compass.

5. What was the main point of Harrison's first presentation before the Board of Longitude?
(a) He demonstrated how H-1 worked.
(b) He complained about H-1's errors.
(c) He articulated the promise of an astronomical solution.
(d) He presented how H-1 would solve the longitude problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the Board of Longitude award both Earnshaw and Arnold?

2. How did astronomers feel about Harrison's clock idea for solving the problem of longitude?

3. What could the powder of sympathy reportedly do?

4. What was Nevil Maskelyne known as?

5. What did Lieutenant Commander Rupert T. Gould of the Royal Navy do to Harrison's clocks?

(see the answer key)

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