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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Hands on Heaven's Clock.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tobias Mayer was a ____________.
(a) French scientist.
(b) English astronomer.
(c) American theologian.
(d) German mapmaker.

2. What was the powder of sympathy method to determine longitude called?
(a) The healing bird theory.
(b) The wounded dog theory.
(c) The magical powder theory.
(d) The barking animal theory.

3. Who won the Hooke/Huygens conflict?
(a) Hugyens.
(b) Both.
(c) Hooke.
(d) Neither.

4. What disease afflicted many sailors at sea for long periods of time?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Typhoid fever.

5. What did Hadley and Godfrey invent?
(a) A method to calculate lunar distance.
(b) A working clock.
(c) A working telescope.
(d) A celestial navigation map.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of Harrison's innovations?

2. What did Harrison complete in 1759?

3. What country was Thomas Godfrey from?

4. Who came up with a way to draw longitude meridians on the night sky?

5. What could have avoided the tragedy near the Scilly Islands?

(see the answer key)

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