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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. Why did Maskelyne think Harrison shouldn't win the longitude prize?
(a) His clocks did not prove sea worthy.
(b) His clocks were not as precise as the lunar method.
(c) He thought Harrison too unsophisticated to win the prize.
(d) He throught Harrison too religious to win the prize.

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

3. How did Maskelyne obtain all four of Harrison's clocks?
(a) He offered him a sum more than the Longitude Prize.
(b) He came to Harrison's door with a warrant.
(c) He tried, but never succeeded, in obtaining Harrison's clocks.
(d) He broke into his home and took them.

4. What two problems did H-3 solve that previous clock designs didn't?
(a) Size and stability.
(b) Light and speed.
(c) Force and gravity.
(d) Temperature and friction.

5. Who awarded Harrison the remainder of the prize money?
(a) King of England.
(b) The Royal Observatory.
(c) Board of Longitude.
(d) British Parliament.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How accurate was Arnold's pocket watch that was tested by Maskelyne?

4. How many more times accurate was the H-4 than the Longitude Act required?

5. Who prepared the pocket watch for the assembly line?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Harrison's ultimate vindication?

2. What advances did the H-3 make?

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

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

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

6. Why didn't the H-4 win the Longitude Prize?

7. What effect did Harrison's success have on the Longitude Act and the Board of Longitude?

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

9. Describe the H-4.

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

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