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

2. Hooke nor Huygens were able to:
(a) Collect on the monetary prize offered for solving the problem of longitude.
(b) Collaborate on a working clock.
(c) Get the Royal Society to declare a winner.
(d) Produce a clock that worked at sea.

3. How is the fog described at the beginning of Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time?
(a) "Dirty weather."
(b) "London fog."
(c) "Pea soup."
(d) "Smokestacks.:

4. Harrison was an avid ___________.
(a) Astronomer.
(b) Reader.
(c) Cricket player.
(d) Photographer.

5. What unusual occurrence helped in early navigation at sea?
(a) Solar and lunar eclipses.
(b) Comets.
(c) Storms.
(d) Asteroids.

Short Answer Questions

1. The placement of the prime meridian was a ____________ decision.

2. Before using clocks to navigate longitude, sailors used the __________.

3. At the end of Chapter 6: The Prize, how had Newton changed his thinking about the longitude problem?

4. What did Huygens and Hooke fight over?

5. What is the main point of Chapter 6: The Prize?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was King Charles II's role in solving the longitude problem?

2. Why was it unusual that John Harrison became an accomplished clockmaker?

3. What was the result of Hooke and Huygens not producing a successful clock that worked at sea?

4. Describe John Harrison.

5. Why did changes in temperature affect early clocks?

6. What were the problems with William Whiston's proposal for determining longitude?

7. What was the Longitude Act of 1714?

8. What was Galileo's longitude solution?

9. What was the result of the Whiston-Ditton proposal?

10. Who were the early players in the longitude prize described in Chapter 6: The Prize. What role did they play?

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