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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 were Harrison and Maskelyne different?
(a) Harrison always worked with a partner, while Maskelyne always worked alone.
(b) Maskelyne favored an analytical approach.
(c) Harrison was much younger.
(d) Maskelyne had an elite education.

2. What was the main point of Harrison's first presentation before the Board of Longitude?
(a) He articulated the promise of an astronomical solution.
(b) He presented how H-1 would solve the longitude problem.
(c) He demonstrated how H-1 worked.
(d) He complained about H-1's errors.

3. The Board of Longitude demanded Harrison hand over the H-4 so it could be used by whom?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Marines.

4. How old was Harrison when he completed the H-5?
(a) 55.
(b) 85.
(c) 79.
(d) 39.

5. Which clock was capable of winning Harrison the Longitude Prize?
(a) H-4.
(b) H-3.
(c) H-2.
(d) H-1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the Board of Longitude award both Earnshaw and Arnold?

2. How did Maskelyne obtain all four of Harrison's clocks?

3. Which clock can function today, but is not run in order to preserve its parts?

4. What kind of mechanisms did the H-4 contain?

5. What two problems did H-3 solve that previous clock designs didn't?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the H-4.

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

4. What advances did the H-3 make?

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

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 Harrison presented H-1 to the Board of Longitude?

8. What happened when King George III took an interest in Harrison's clocks?

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

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

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