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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the response by the Board of Longitude to Harrison's first presentation?
(a) The Board asked him to leave London.
(b) The Board awarded him the monetary prize for solving the longitude problem.
(c) The Board gave him a loan to build a second clock.
(d) The Board asked for additional proof that his clock worked.

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

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

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

11. Who did Bradley want to split the longitude award prize money with?
(a) Mayer.
(b) Maskelyne.
(c) Jeffreys.
(d) Harrison.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much did the Board of Longitude award both Earnshaw and Arnold?

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

5. How long would Nevil Maskelyne test the H-4 at the Royal Observatory?

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