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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After successfully testing the H-4, how much of the Longitude Prize did Harrison receive?
(a) All of the reward.
(b) Half of the reward.
(c) None of the reward.
(d) Third of the reward.

2. When was the Longitude Act repealed?
(a) 1828.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1800.

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

4. What did George Graham give Harrison?
(a) A loan to build his first clock.
(b) A model clock.
(c) A pass to the Royal Observatory.
(d) A book on the mechanics of clockmaking.

5. What kind of solution to the longitude problem did the Board of Longitude originally desire?
(a) A clock based one.
(b) A map based one.
(c) A telescope based one.
(d) An astronomical one.

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

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

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

9. How did Maskelyne obtain all four of Harrison's clocks?
(a) He tried, but never succeeded, in obtaining Harrison's clocks.
(b) He came to Harrison's door with a warrant.
(c) He broke into his home and took them.
(d) He offered him a sum more than the Longitude Prize.

10. When Harrison was asked to hand his plans over to the British government, what was his reaction?
(a) He was excited to share his plans with more people.
(b) He was devastated and burned them.
(c) He was furious, but complied.
(d) He was jovial and handed them over.

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

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

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

14. What was different between H-4 and H-5?
(a) The H-5 was much larger than the H-4.
(b) The H-5 was much simpler than the H-4.
(c) The H-4 could tell time by the position of the sun.
(d) The H-4 was made out of copper and the H-5 out of iron.

15. Nevil Maskelyne was a major proponent of ___________.
(a) The lunar-distance method.
(b) A fair distribution of the prize moeny.
(c) The yelping dog method.
(d) A clock-based solution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was famous for reducing the motion of the planets to a few equations?

2. What was the size of the H1?

3. Who wrote "The British Mariner's Guide?"

4. Which clock was capable of winning Harrison the Longitude Prize?

5. How did astronomers feel about Harrison's clock idea for solving the problem of longitude?

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