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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. Which clock did Harrison become dissatisfied with and never made to sea?
(a) H-4.
(b) H-3.
(c) H-1.
(d) H-2.

2. Who was to test H-3 and H-4 at sea?
(a) Edmund, Harrison's colleage.
(b) Maskelyne.
(c) Bradley.
(d) WIlliam, Harrison's son.

3. What was the response by the Board of Longitude to Harrison's first presentation?
(a) The Board gave him a loan to build a second clock.
(b) The Board awarded him the monetary prize for solving the longitude problem.
(c) The Board asked for additional proof that his clock worked.
(d) The Board asked him to leave London.

4. What was the problem with pendulum clocks on ships?
(a) There were no problems, pemdulum clocks were very accurate onboard ships.
(b) Pendulum clocks would always point north.
(c) Pendulum clocks were so valuable, the main concern was theft.
(d) The ship's rocking would slow down or speed up the clock.

5. Who wrote "The British Mariner's Guide?"
(a) Maskelyne.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Bliss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which clock was capable of winning Harrison the Longitude Prize?

2. Thirty miles is how many degrees of longitude?

3. What happened to clockmaking after Harrison's death?

4. By the mid-nineteenth century, what was the accepted way to navigate longitude?

5. In the earliest lines of latitude, what marked the zero-degree line?

(see the answer key)

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