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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did it take Harrison to build H-2?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

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

4. The members of the Board of Longitude were members of which class of society?
(a) The elite class.
(b) The working class.
(c) The royal class.
(d) The seafaring class.

5. How many working parts does the H-3 have?
(a) 753.
(b) 962.
(c) 453.
(d) 675.

6. Who was famous for reducing the motion of the planets to a few equations?
(a) John Harrison.
(b) John Hadley.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Leonhard Euler.

7. How were Harrison and Maskelyne different?
(a) Maskelyne had an elite education.
(b) Maskelyne favored an analytical approach.
(c) Harrison was much younger.
(d) Harrison always worked with a partner, while Maskelyne always worked alone.

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

9. What did Harrison complete in 1759?
(a) H-1.
(b) H-3.
(c) H-4.
(d) H-2.

10. Describe the relationship between Harrison and the Royal Academy of Astronomers.
(a) They were financial backers.
(b) They were colleagues.
(c) They were enemies.
(d) They were friends.

11. How did John Arnold make so many watches at such an economical price?
(a) He used copper instead of iron.
(b) He used cheap labor to do the easy tasks, saving the hard ones for himeslf.
(c) He used plastic parts instead of metal ones.
(d) He outsourced the watch making to India.

12. What did Jeffery's make for Harrison?
(a) A compass.
(b) A microscope.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A pocketwatch.

13. What two problems did H-3 solve that previous clock designs didn't?
(a) Force and gravity.
(b) Size and stability.
(c) Light and speed.
(d) Temperature and friction.

14. How long did it take Harrison to build H1?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who took Nathaniel Bliss's spot on the Board of Longitude?

2. What did Hadley and Godfrey invent?

3. What kind of solution to the longitude problem did the Board of Longitude originally desire?

4. Why did Harrison take so long to build the H-3?

5. What country was Thomas Godfrey from?

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