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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Time in a Bottle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did King Louis XIV of France complain about with more accurate measures of longitude?
(a) That he was losing more territory to his astronomers than his enemies.
(b) That maps based on stars were inaccurate.
(c) That sea travel became more treacherous.
(d) That the economic costs of not knowing longitude were bankrupting his country.

3. Harrison's clocks were referred to as:
(a) A technological reversal.
(b) A magic box.
(c) A lump of metal.
(d) A moment in time.

4. Complete this analogy from Chapter 4:Time in a Bottle: Time is to clock as mind is to ____________.
(a) Heaven.
(b) Stars.
(c) Brain.
(d) Head.

5. Besides clocks, what was Hooke known for?
(a) An astronomer, a geologist, and a realist.
(b) A biologist, a surveyor, and a physicist.
(c) A capitalist, a dramatist, and an environmentalist.
(d) A cartologist, a botanist, and an astrologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Harrison work before receiving his monetary reward?

2. What was Giovanni Domenico Cassini famous for?

3. How many men of the original 500 perished on Centurion's voyage to the South Pacific?

4. When the Centurion set sail for the South Pacific, what did they not take with them?

5. What was the punishment for mutiny on the Association?

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