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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prepared the pocket watch for the assembly line?
(a) Arnold.
(b) Kendall.
(c) Earnshaw.
(d) Harrison.

2. Who aided Harrison in building the H-3?
(a) His daughter.
(b) No one. He did it entirely on his own.
(c) His son.
(d) His father.

3. After successfully completing the H-4, who passed an act that placed new restrictions on Harrison?
(a) The British Legislature.
(b) The Royal Astronomers.
(c) The French Government.
(d) The Board of Longitude.

4. What country was John Hadley from?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) United States.

5. How accurate was Arnold's pocket watch that was tested by Maskelyne?
(a) Accurate within thirty seconds over four weeks.
(b) Perfectly accurate, not losing any time.
(c) Accurate within four minutes over six months.
(d) Accurate within three seconds over a year.

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

7. Which clock was Harrison's greatest triumph?
(a) H-1.
(b) H-3.
(c) H-2.
(d) H-4.

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

9. By the mid-nineteenth century, what was the accepted way to navigate longitude?
(a) There was still no solution to longitude.
(b) GPS.
(c) Use of clocks.
(d) The lunar method.

10. What kind of solution to the longitude problem did the Board of Longitude originally desire?
(a) A map based one.
(b) A telescope based one.
(c) A clock based one.
(d) An astronomical one.

11. Why did Harrison take so long to build the H-3?
(a) He repeatedly ran out of money.
(b) The design faltered during a sea test and he had to start over.
(c) His design was ransacked midway through completion.
(d) It is unknown.

12. 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.

13. Where did William sail on the second test of H-4?
(a) The United States.
(b) Africa.
(c) The West Indies.
(d) Australia.

14. The Board of Longitude demanded Harrison hand over the H-4 so it could be used by whom?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Navy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What benefit did competition result in for clock making?

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

3. What was different between H-4 and H-5?

4. Why was Maskelyne against Harrison?

5. How long did Harrison spend building H-3?

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