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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Giovanni Domenico Cassini famous for?
(a) Sailing around the world.
(b) Publishing accurate maps.
(c) Discovering the moons of Jupiter.
(d) Inventing the pendulum clock.

2. When did Harrison learn of the Longitude Prize?
(a) 1700.
(b) 1727.
(c) 1735.
(d) 1712.

3. After the Association ran aground and the captain's body was found, what of value was found on him?
(a) A pendulum clock.
(b) A pouch of spices.
(c) An emerald ring.
(d) A diamond necklace.

4. What was the name of the Portugese ship described in Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time that ran into a Spanish fleet?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Centurion.
(c) Romney.
(d) Madre de Deus.

5. What did WIlliam Whiston contribute to the longitude debate?
(a) He proposed using animals and sound.
(b) He proposed using sound and light.
(c) He proposed using a telescope and a compass.
(d) He proposed using the moon and the stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease afflicted many sailors at sea for long periods of time?

2. What did the Longitude Act of 1714 establish?

3. When the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific, what did they not take with them?

4. How is the fog described at the beginning of Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time?

5. What was the official title of the monetary award for solving the longitude problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1740, the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific without Harrison's clock. What might have been different about the voyage if they would have taken the clock? Why?

2. What did the Longitude Act establish?

3. What is the main difference, as identified in Chapter 1, between latitude and longitude?

4. What was Galileo's longitude solution?

5. Explain how longitude is affected by time.

6. Describe John Harrison's family.

7. What two advances did Thacker's chronometer make? Why did it still not work?

8. What were the economic consequences of not knowing longitude?

9. Why is the story of Sir Clowdisley included in Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time?

10. Describe John Harrison.

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