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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to clockmaking after Harrison's death?
(a) Clockmaking boomed.
(b) Clockmaking stalled.
(c) Clockmaking halted.
(d) Clockmaking reversed in advancement.

3. Who was Edmund Halley's heir?
(a) James Bradley.
(b) Thomas Godfrey
(c) Leonhard Euler.
(d) Tobias Mayer.

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

5. Who did Harrison first contact when he arrived in London?
(a) George Graham.
(b) Dr. James Bradley.
(c) Edmund Halley.
(d) Admiral Norris.

6. How many clocks did Kendall build?
(a) One: the K-1.
(b) Three: the K-1, K-2 and K-3.
(c) Four: the K-1, K-2, K-3 and K-4.
(d) Two: the K-1 and K-2.

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

8. What did Arnold and Earnshaw fight over?
(a) A pendulum part.
(b) The viability of the lunar method.
(c) The inventor of the pocketwatch.
(d) A patent over a spring innovation.

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

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

11. The members of the Board of Longitude were members of which class of society?
(a) The elite class.
(b) The working class.
(c) The seafaring class.
(d) The royal class.

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

13. How long did it take Harrison to build and test the H-5?
(a) Five years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Two and a half years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Harrison to build H-2?

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

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

4. What did Edmund Halley successfully predict?

5. Which clock did Harrison become dissatisfied with and never made to sea?

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