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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 Arnold and Earnshaw fight over?
(a) The inventor of the pocketwatch.
(b) The viability of the lunar method.
(c) A pendulum part.
(d) A patent over a spring innovation.

2. By the mid-nineteenth century, what was the accepted way to navigate longitude?
(a) GPS.
(b) There was still no solution to longitude.
(c) Use of clocks.
(d) The lunar method.

3. Maskelyne eventually concluded that the lunar distance method had problems. When would the lunar-distance method not work?
(a) During a solar eclipse.
(b) When the moon rose with the sun.
(c) When there was a crescent moon.
(d) When the moon was on the other side of the world from the sun.

4. When was the Longitude Act repealed?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1805.

5. What was the size of the H1?
(a) Five pounds and able to fit in a briefcase.
(b) Seventy pounds and enclosed in a 4x4x4 case.
(c) Six ounces and the size of a modern wristwatch.
(d) One hundred pounds and the size of a small car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Harrison to build H-2?

2. Who did Bradley want to split the longitude award prize money with?

3. How long did Harrison spend building H-3?

4. How would you describe Nevil Maskelyne?

5. What was different between H-4 and H-5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the Board of Longitude biased against Harrison?

3. What happened when H-3 and H-4 were tested at sea?

4. What happened when Harrison presented H-1 to the Board of Longitude?

5. Explain the title of Chapter 14: The Mass Production of Genius.

6. What was Harrison's ultimate vindication?

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

8. Explain the title of Chapter 10: The Diamond Timekeeper.

9. What struggles did astronomers go through in attempting to solve the problem of longitude?

10. Explain the relationship between Harrison and Jefferys.

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