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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did astronomers feel about Harrison's clock idea for solving the problem of longitude?
(a) They thought it ridiculous because it would be too expensive to mass produce clocks.
(b) They thought that it was outrageous because it didn't require the intellect of the lunar theory.
(c) They thought it had promise and could be used in conjunction with the lunar theory.
(d) They saw potential but were still very skeptical.

2. Who aided Harrison in building the H-3?
(a) His son.
(b) No one. He did it entirely on his own.
(c) His father.
(d) His daughter.

3. Who was to test H-3 and H-4 at sea?
(a) WIlliam, Harrison's son.
(b) Edmund, Harrison's colleage.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Maskelyne.

4. How many working parts does the H-3 have?
(a) 962.
(b) 675.
(c) 753.
(d) 453.

5. What did Arnold and Earnshaw fight over?
(a) The inventor of the pocketwatch.
(b) A pendulum part.
(c) The viability of the lunar method.
(d) A patent over a spring innovation.

6. Nevil Maskelyne was a major proponent of ___________.
(a) The lunar-distance method.
(b) A fair distribution of the prize moeny.
(c) A clock-based solution.
(d) The yelping dog method.

7. How much time did H-4 lose at sea when it was being tested?
(a) 3 minutes after 32 days.
(b) 5 seconds after 81 days.
(c) 45 seconds after 59 days.
(d) 8 minutes after 46 days.

8. How long did it take Harrison to build H-2?
(a) Five years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six months.

9. How long did it take to build the K-1?
(a) Two and a half years.
(b) Fourteen months.
(c) Seven motnhs.
(d) Five years.

10. What kind of solution to the longitude problem did the Board of Longitude originally desire?
(a) A telescope based one.
(b) An astronomical one.
(c) A map based one.
(d) A clock based one.

11. What two problems did H-3 solve that previous clock designs didn't?
(a) Force and gravity.
(b) Light and speed.
(c) Size and stability.
(d) Temperature and friction.

12. What was the main point of Harrison's first presentation before the Board of Longitude?
(a) He complained about H-1's errors.
(b) He articulated the promise of an astronomical solution.
(c) He presented how H-1 would solve the longitude problem.
(d) He demonstrated how H-1 worked.

13. The number of pocket watches grew from one in 1737 to how many in 1815?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Three thousand.
(c) Four hundred.
(d) Five thousand.

14. Why did Maskelyne think Harrison shouldn't win the longitude prize?
(a) His clocks were not as precise as the lunar method.
(b) He throught Harrison too religious to win the prize.
(c) He thought Harrison too unsophisticated to win the prize.
(d) His clocks did not prove sea worthy.

15. Which clock can function today, but is not run in order to preserve its parts?
(a) H-4.
(b) H-1.
(c) H-3.
(d) H-2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Harrison spend building H-3?

2. The Board of Longitude demanded Harrison hand over the H-4 so it could be used by whom?

3. The main problem with the lunar method was that it took a great deal of ________________.

4. Which of the following people were not members of the Board of Longitude?

5. What did Harrison claim was wrong with Maskelyne's test of the H-4.

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