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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 Flamsteed's reaction to his maps being seized?
(a) He was so frustrated he gave up the quest to solve longitude.
(b) He made incorrect copies and gave those to the British government.
(c) He burned most of his maps.
(d) He angrily turned them all over to Newton.

2. What did Humphrey Ditton propose to use to solve the longitude problem?
(a) Sounds.
(b) Telescope.
(c) Animals.
(d) Compass.

3. Who was in command of the ships that ran into the Scilly Islands near England?
(a) Samuel Pepys.
(b) Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell.
(c) Commodore George Anson.
(d) John Harrison.

4. Who built a watch within a vacuum that could tell stable time?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Newton.
(c) Thacket.
(d) Flamsteed.

5. What was Flamsteed's title?
(a) "King of naval longitude."
(b) "Astronomical observator."
(c) "Celestial navigator."
(d) "French stars master."

Short Answer Questions

1. What could the powder of sympathy reportedly do?

2. The difference between longitude and latitude is that latitude lines _____________ each other.

3. Besides clocks, what was Hooke known for?

4. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:

5. How many men of the original 500 perished on Centurion's voyage to the South Pacific?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how longitude is affected by time.

2. Explain the title of Chapter 5: Powder of Sympathy.

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

4. What was the main problem with the "lunar-distance" method?

5. Describe the legend of how Galileo came up with the idea of the pendulum clock.

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 2: The Sea Before Time, what happened to Sir Clowdisley's voyage?

10. What was the Longitude Act of 1714?

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