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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Besides clocks, what was Hooke known for?
(a) A cartologist, a botanist, and an astrologist.
(b) An astronomer, a geologist, and a realist.
(c) A capitalist, a dramatist, and an environmentalist.
(d) A biologist, a surveyor, and a physicist.

4. Hooke nor Huygens were able to:
(a) Collaborate on a working clock.
(b) Produce a clock that worked at sea.
(c) Get the Royal Society to declare a winner.
(d) Collect on the monetary prize offered for solving the problem of longitude.

5. What was built at Greenwich Park?
(a) The Celestial Palace.
(b) The Paris Observatory.
(c) The Royal Observatory.
(d) St. Paul's Cathedral.

6. What did Humphrey Ditton propose to use to solve the longitude problem?
(a) Animals.
(b) Telescope.
(c) Compass.
(d) Sounds.

7. After the Association ran aground and the captain's body was found, what of value was found on him?
(a) A pendulum clock.
(b) An emerald ring.
(c) A pouch of spices.
(d) A diamond necklace.

8. Which of the following was NOT an early player in the quest for the longitude prize?
(a) Newton.
(b) Galileo.
(c) Flamsteed.
(d) Halley.

9. Who was in command of the ships that ran into the Scilly Islands near England?
(a) Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell.
(b) John Harrison.
(c) Commodore George Anson.
(d) Samuel Pepys.

10. Who developed the "lunar distance method" to longitude?
(a) Admiral Shovell.
(b) Ole Roemer.
(c) John Flamsteed.
(d) Johannes Werner.

11. 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.

12. Where was the destination the Centurion was sailing for?
(a) Cape Noir.
(b) Juan Fernandez Island.
(c) Tierra del Feugo.
(d) Scilly Islands.

13. Where did Harrison go to present his case to the Board of Longitude?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Paris.
(c) Oxford.
(d) London.

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

15. Who was Harrison's right-hand man in building clocks?
(a) His friend, Newton.
(b) His son, William.
(c) His son, Jon.
(d) His father, Joe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came up with a way to draw longitude meridians on the night sky?

2. Who helped Harrison build a clock that never lost more than a second per month?

3. The moon travels a distance roughly equal to its own width every _________.

4. What was Harrison's most prized accomplishment?

5. How is the fog described at the beginning of Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time?

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