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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harrison was an avid ___________.
(a) Photographer.
(b) Astronomer.
(c) Cricket player.
(d) Reader.

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

3. What is the main difference in measuring longitude and latitude?
(a) Latitude is measured by time.
(b) Longitude is measured by the sun.
(c) Longitude is measured by time.
(d) Latitude is measured in degrees and longitude is not.

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

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

6. What role did the Board of Longitude play?
(a) Unite angered seamen around the longitude prolem.
(b) Bring an international committee to review the longitude problem.
(c) Provided funding for research to solve the longitude problem.
(d) Test the various proposals to the solution to longitude.

7. What could have avoided the tragedy near the Scilly Islands?
(a) If the rudder on the ship hadn't been broken, the captain could have steered away from the islands.
(b) If the stars had been out so the captains could utilize them for navigation.
(c) If the admiral had listened to a sailor who kept his own navigation.
(d) If the lead ship had followed the directions of the admiral.

8. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:
(a) A technological reversal.
(b) A moment in time.
(c) A lump of metal.
(d) A magic box.

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

10. When did Harrison learn of the Longitude Prize?
(a) 1712.
(b) 1735.
(c) 1727.
(d) 1700.

11. The difference between longitude and latitude is that latitude lines _____________ each other.
(a) Intersect.
(b) Bisect.
(c) Converge with.
(d) Parallel.

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

13. Who helped Harrison build a clock that never lost more than a second per month?
(a) His colleague, Galileo.
(b) His cousin, Jim.
(c) His brother-in-law, James.
(d) His brother, Arthur.

14. What was the punishment for mutiny on the Association?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Water boarding.
(c) Thrown overboard.
(d) Decapitation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Huygen's clocks went on a number of voyages. On the third voyage to the Cape Verde Islands, what did his clock do?

2. What was the powder of sympathy method to determine longitude called?

3. When measuring longitude, each hour of time difference between the ship and starting point marks a progress of how many degrees of longitude?

4. What was the official title of the monetary award for solving the longitude problem?

5. What did Huygen's published argument state?

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