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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 "were not" in working order.
(c) Maskelyne said they "needed a tune up" to be in working order.
(d) Maskelyne said they "appeared to be" in working order.

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

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

4. Maskelyne eventually concluded that the lunar distance method had problems. When would the lunar-distance method not work?
(a) When the moon was on the other side of the world from the sun.
(b) When there was a crescent moon.
(c) When the moon rose with the sun.
(d) During a solar eclipse.

5. Who wrote "The British Mariner's Guide?"
(a) Bradley.
(b) Harrison.
(c) Bliss.
(d) Maskelyne.

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

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

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

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

10. How long did it take to build the K-1?
(a) Two and a half years.
(b) Seven motnhs.
(c) Five years.
(d) Fourteen months.

11. How old was Harrison when he completed the H-5?
(a) 79.
(b) 55.
(c) 39.
(d) 85.

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

13. What was Nevil Maskelyne known as?
(a) "The seaman's astronomer."
(b) "The ocean's potions."
(c) "The astronomical prince."
(d) "The lunarologist."

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

15. The number of pocket watches grew from one in 1737 to how many in 1815?
(a) Three thousand.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Five thousand.
(d) Four hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more times accurate was the H-4 than the Longitude Act required?

2. The main problem with the lunar method was that it took a great deal of ________________.

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

4. How many days per month would the lunar distance method not work.

5. The members of the Board of Longitude were members of which class of society?

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