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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What benefit did competition result in for clock making?
(a) Lowered price.
(b) Increased costs.
(c) Better maps.
(d) More profit.

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

3. What did Hadley and Godfrey invent?
(a) A method to calculate lunar distance.
(b) A working clock.
(c) A celestial navigation map.
(d) A working telescope.

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

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

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

7. Who took Nathaniel Bliss's spot on the Board of Longitude?
(a) Thomas Bradley.
(b) John Harrison.
(c) Nevil Maskelyne.
(d) He was not replaced.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Maskelyne eventually concluded that the lunar distance method had problems. When would the lunar-distance method not work?

2. Who did Bradley want to split the longitude award prize money with?

3. What country was John Hadley from?

4. How long did it take Harrison to build and test the H-5?

5. How accurate was Arnold's pocket watch that was tested by Maskelyne?

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