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

2. How long did Harrison work before receiving his monetary reward?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

4. When the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific, what did they not take with them?
(a) Medication to ward off scurvy.
(b) A compass.
(c) Smith's map.
(d) Harrison's clock.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the earliest lines of latitude, what marked the zero-degree line?

3. What is the main difference in measuring longitude and latitude?

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

5. The moon travels a distance roughly equal to its own width every _________.

(see the answer key)

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