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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Powder of Sympathy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the punishment for mutiny on the Association?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Decapitation.
(c) Water boarding.
(d) Thrown overboard.

2. What was Huygens best known as?
(a) The first great philosopher.
(b) The first great horologist.
(c) The first great scientist.
(d) The first great astronomer.

3. Who developed the "lunar distance method" to longitude?
(a) Admiral Shovell.
(b) Ole Roemer.
(c) John Flamsteed.
(d) Johannes Werner.

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

5. The moon travels a distance roughly equal to its own width every _________.
(a) Minute.
(b) Day.
(c) Second.
(d) 30 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Whiston-Ditton proposal, what did they hope to be exempt from?

2. Who explained the moons of Jupiter with the velocity of light?

3. What toy does the narrator play with at the beginning of Chapter 1: Imaginary Lines?

4. What did King Louis build in Paris?

5. What could the powder of sympathy reportedly do?

(see the answer key)

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