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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After successfully testing the H-4, how much of the Longitude Prize did Harrison receive?
(a) All of the reward.
(b) Half of the reward.
(c) Third of the reward.
(d) None of the reward.

3. Who was hired to copy the H-4?
(a) George III.
(b) Larcum Kendall.
(c) Captain Cook.
(d) John Jeffreys.

4. The main problem with the lunar method was that it took a great deal of ________________.
(a) Writing.
(b) Calculating.
(c) Measuring.
(d) Time.

5. Were Harrison's clocks in working order before being taken for tests at the Royal Observatory?
(a) Maskelyne said they "needed a tune up" to be in working order.
(b) Maskelyne said they "were not" in working order.
(c) Maskelyne said they "appeared to be" in working order.
(d) Maskelyne said they "most definetly" were in working order.

6. How many more times accurate was the H-4 than the Longitude Act required?
(a) Three times.
(b) Four times.
(c) Five times.
(d) Two times.

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

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

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

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

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

12. How long would Nevil Maskelyne test the H-4 at the Royal Observatory?
(a) Ten months.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two months.

13. What was the result of the test by Maskelyne of the H-4.
(a) The H-4 passed the test.
(b) The H-4 failed the test.
(c) The test was never completed of the H-4.
(d) The H-4 broke down midway through the test.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country was Thomas Godfrey from?

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

3. Which of Harrison's clocks continue to function to this day?

4. When was the Longitude Act repealed?

5. How many clocks did Kendall build?

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