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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15: In the Meridian Courtyard.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote "The British Mariner's Guide?"
(a) Harrison.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Maskelyne.
(d) Bliss.

3. How old was Harrison when he built his first pendulum clock?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 55.
(d) Less than 20.

4. How many more times accurate was the H-4 than the Longitude Act required?
(a) Five times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) Two times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harrison need to do to prove the H-4 worked?

2. After Bradley died, who filled the open slot on the Board of Longitude.

3. How accurate was the solution to longitude to be?

4. Who was famous for reducing the motion of the planets to a few equations?

5. How many days per month would the lunar distance method not work.

(see the answer key)

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