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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. Where did Newton believe the answer to the longitude problem lie?
(a) A clock based solution.
(b) The wounded dog theory.
(c) A sound and light solution.
(d) An astronomical solution.

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

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

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

5. Due to the astronomers' ______________, Harrison would face much resistance after he finished his greatest work.
(a) Elitism.
(b) Egos.
(c) Classism.
(d) Racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which clock did Captain Cook select to use on his second voyage around the world?

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

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

4. What does the term "dead reckoning" refer to?

5. In the Whiston-Ditton proposal, what did they hope to be exempt from?

(see the answer key)

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