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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men find that occupies their time?
(a) A magazine
(b) A deck of cards
(c) A record player
(d) A barrel of whiskey

2. After the end of February, at what task does the ship's crew work?
(a) Reinforcing the ship's walls
(b) Gathering firewood
(c) Burying the dead
(d) Trying to free the ship from the ice

3. Shackleton is told that the Weddell Sea is full of what?
(a) Whales
(b) Seals
(c) Ice
(d) Bears

4. Shackleton's second voyage got how close to the pole?
(a) 500 miles
(b) 56 miles
(c) 97 miles
(d) 2 miles

5. Shackleton's first voyage is under whose leadership?
(a) Francis Drake
(b) Edmund Hillary
(c) Christopher Columbus
(d) Robert F. Scott

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal items are salvaged after the first sledging attempt?

2. Who advises Shackleton at South Georgia Island?

3. How long had it been since the men had stood on solid ground?

4. The Endurance gets to within 200 miles of Vahsel Bay by when?

5. What do Shackleton and the crew realize about the ice?

(see the answer key)

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