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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who awarded Harrison the remainder of the prize money?
(a) The Royal Observatory.
(b) King of England.
(c) British Parliament.
(d) Board of Longitude.

2. When did Harrison die?
(a) October 17th 1790, at the age of 91.
(b) June 9th, 1750, at the age of 68.
(c) April 23rd 1772, at the age of 71.
(d) March 24th, 1776, at the age of 83

3. When was the Longitude Act repealed?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1828.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1800.

4. What did Harrison need to do to prove the H-4 worked?
(a) Label an astronomical map.
(b) Make two copies to prove that it could be duplicated.
(c) Draw the plans before the Board of Longitude.
(d) Take it apart and put it back together.

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

6. What did Arnold and Earnshaw fight over?
(a) The inventor of the pocketwatch.
(b) A pendulum part.
(c) The viability of the lunar method.
(d) A patent over a spring innovation.

7. Which clock can function today, but is not run in order to preserve its parts?
(a) H-1.
(b) H-4.
(c) H-3.
(d) H-2.

8. Who won the Longitude Prize?
(a) Maskelyne.
(b) Smith.
(c) No one.
(d) Harrison.

9. The number of pocket watches grew from one in 1737 to how many in 1815?
(a) Three thousand.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Four hundred.
(d) Five thousand.

10. What happened to clockmaking after Harrison's death?
(a) Clockmaking stalled.
(b) Clockmaking reversed in advancement.
(c) Clockmaking boomed.
(d) Clockmaking halted.

11. How much did H-3 weigh?
(a) 100 pounds.
(b) 2 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 20 pounds.

12. How much did Harrison receive to complete H-4 after the initial tests?
(a) 500 pounds.
(b) 25,000 pounds.
(c) 1,500 pounds.
(d) 15,000 pounds.

13. What did Harrison claim was wrong with Maskelyne's test of the H-4.
(a) It was dropped repeatedly in transport.
(b) It was placed in direct sunlight, superheating the watch mechanisms under the glass.
(c) Harrison used an incorrect testing method.
(d) It was placed in the basement, keeping the gears too cold to work correctly.

14. How much time did H-4 lose at sea when it was being tested?
(a) 45 seconds after 59 days.
(b) 8 minutes after 46 days.
(c) 5 seconds after 81 days.
(d) 3 minutes after 32 days.

15. Nevil Maskelyne was a major proponent of ___________.
(a) The lunar-distance method.
(b) The yelping dog method.
(c) A fair distribution of the prize moeny.
(d) A clock-based solution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hadley and Godfrey invent?

2. Who aided Harrison in building the H-3?

3. What was the Board of Longitude's response after the initial testing of H-4?

4. Describe the relationship between Harrison and the Royal Academy of Astronomers.

5. What country was John Hadley from?

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