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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Adrift in a Clockwork Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was built at Greenwich Park?
(a) The Celestial Palace.
(b) The Paris Observatory.
(c) The Royal Observatory.
(d) St. Paul's Cathedral.

2. The placement of the prime meridian was a ____________ decision.
(a) Social.
(b) Economic.
(c) Political.
(d) Historical.

3. Who was in command of the ships that ran into the Scilly Islands near England?
(a) John Harrison.
(b) Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovell.
(c) Samuel Pepys.
(d) Commodore George Anson.

4. What was Flamsteed's title?
(a) "Astronomical observator."
(b) "King of naval longitude."
(c) "French stars master."
(d) "Celestial navigator."

5. The difference between longitude and latitude is that latitude lines _____________ each other.
(a) Parallel.
(b) Converge with.
(c) Intersect.
(d) Bisect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Longitude Act of 1714 establish?

2. In AD 150, who plotted lines of longitude and latitude?

3. Who used the moons of Jupiter to solve the longitude problem?

4. Who developed the "lunar distance method" to longitude?

5. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:

(see the answer key)

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