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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 country was John Hadley from?
(a) United States.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

2. What is the size of the H-4?
(a) 2" x 2" x 2".
(b) An area of six centimeters.
(c) 4" x 4" x 4".
(d) Five inches in diameter.

3. What was the Board of Longitude's response after the initial testing of H-4?
(a) The Board purchased the design of H-4 from Harrison.
(b) The Board took all funding from Harrison away for cheating on the testing of H-4.
(c) The Board called for a reevaluation of H-4.
(d) The Board awarded Harrison the longitude prize.

4. How much did H-3 weigh?
(a) 2 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 60 pounds.
(d) 20 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By the mid-nineteenth century, what was the accepted way to navigate longitude?

2. Why did Harrison take so long to build the H-3?

3. What kind of solution to the longitude problem did the Board of Longitude originally desire?

4. What was Nevil Maskelyne known as?

5. How long would Nevil Maskelyne test the H-4 at the Royal Observatory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advances did the H-3 make?

2. What effect did Harrison's clocks have on Britain?

3. What hurdles did Harrison have to jump over even though the H-4 was accurate enough to win the Longitude Prize?

4. Describe Harrison's relationship with the Board of Longitude.

5. What role did the astronomers elitism play in the quest for solving the longitude problem?

6. Explain the title of Chapter 12: A Tale of Two Portraits.

7. What was Harrison's primary motivation for winning the longitude prize?

8. What happened to clockmaking after Harrison's death?

9. Explain the relationship between Harrison and Jefferys.

10. What was the problem with Maskelyne's lunar-distance method?

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