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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. How long did Harrison spend building H-3?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Six months.

2. Which clock did Captain Cook select to use on his second voyage around the world?
(a) The H-4.
(b) The H-2.
(c) The K-2.
(d) The K-1.

3. Which clock did Harrison become dissatisfied with and never made to sea?
(a) H-4.
(b) H-2.
(c) H-3.
(d) H-1.

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

5. Why did Harrison take so long to build the H-3?
(a) His design was ransacked midway through completion.
(b) The design faltered during a sea test and he had to start over.
(c) It is unknown.
(d) He repeatedly ran out of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Were Harrison's clocks in working order before being taken for tests at the Royal Observatory?

2. What country was John Hadley from?

3. What did Edmund Halley successfully predict?

4. What was the Board of Longitude's response after the initial testing of H-4?

5. Who took Nathaniel Bliss's spot on the Board of Longitude?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain the developments in finding an astronomical solution outlined in Chapter 9: Hands on Heaven's Clock.

4. In Chapter 11: Trial by Fire and Water, who is the villain introduced? Why was he at odds with Harrison?

5. Why was Maskelyne threatened by Harrison?

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the H-4.

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