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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which clock did Harrison become dissatisfied with and never made to sea?
(a) H-4.
(b) H-2.
(c) H-3.
(d) H-1.

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

3. What kind of mechanisms did the H-4 contain?
(a) Silver mechanisms.
(b) Gold mechanisms.
(c) Diamond mechanisms.
(d) Copper mechanisms.

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

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

6. What country was Thomas Godfrey from?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) United States.

7. Why did Maskelyne think Harrison shouldn't win the longitude prize?
(a) His clocks were not as precise as the lunar method.
(b) His clocks did not prove sea worthy.
(c) He thought Harrison too unsophisticated to win the prize.
(d) He throught Harrison too religious to win the prize.

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

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

10. Why was Maskelyne against Harrison?
(a) Maskelyne wanted to use his lunar-distance method to solve the problem of longitude.
(b) Maskelyne was supportive of Harrison but didn't believe his clocks would work.
(c) Maskelyne was jealous of the support Harrison was getting from the Board of Longitude.
(d) Maskelyne disliked Harrison's family.

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

12. What is the size of the H-4?
(a) 2" x 2" x 2".
(b) Five inches in diameter.
(c) 4" x 4" x 4".
(d) An area of six centimeters.

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

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

15. After Bradley died, who filled the open slot on the Board of Longitude.
(a) Maskelyne.
(b) It remains vacant.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Bliss.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Harrison and Maskelyne different?

2. What did Edmund Halley successfully predict?

3. How did Maskelyne obtain all four of Harrison's clocks?

4. Who did Harrison first contact when he arrived in London?

5. By the mid-nineteenth century, what was the accepted way to navigate longitude?

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