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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 did King Louis build in Paris?
(a) An astronomical obersvatory.
(b) The Eifel Tower.
(c) Notre Dame.
(d) A telescope.

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

3. What was one of Harrison's innovations?
(a) A vacuum that held out temperature changes.
(b) A brass and steel pendulum that aided in keeping time despite temperature changes.
(c) A new clock face that revolutionized the way we tell time.
(d) Gears that could last for extended periods at sea.

4. Why was it remarkable for Harrison to build his first pendulum clock?
(a) He wasn't a watchmakers apprentice.
(b) His design was stolen midway through building the clock.
(c) He came from a very poor family with no means to build a clock.
(d) He was an adamant believer in the astronomical solution to longitude.

5. How many times was Harrison married?
(a) Twice.
(b) Never.
(c) Once.
(d) Three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who completed the first working pendulum clock?

2. What was the tool introduced by John Davis in 1595 to better look at the sun called?

3. Who built a watch within a vacuum that could tell stable time?

4. What was Flamsteed's reaction to his maps being seized?

5. What was Huygens best known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Harrison's early clockmaking years, what was his goal?

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

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

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

5. What was Galileo's longitude solution?

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

7. In 1530, Flemish astronomer Gemma Frisiusm wrote that the clocks of his day "provided no problem to those who traveled." In reality, what were the problems with clocks of his day for travel?

8. What did Huygens patent in 1675.

9. What was Humphrey Ditton's suggestion for determining longitude?

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

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