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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes the progress across the pack ice?
(a) Difficult
(b) Safe
(c) Exciting
(d) Quick

2. Who builds a ten-foot high cofferdam in the aft?
(a) Vincent
(b) McNeish
(c) Edmund
(d) Blackboro

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

4. Who stows away on the ship in order to become a crew member?
(a) Blackboro
(b) Edmund Randolph
(c) Francis Drake
(d) Hopper

5. How far away is Paulet Island from the Endurance?
(a) 350 miles
(b) 54 miles
(c) 97 miles
(d) 230 miles

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives funds to Shackleton's expedition

2. Where was the route supposed to start from in the first expedition of Shackleton's proposed trans-Antarctic expedition?

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

4. What happens toward the end of November?

5. What game do the men play in camp?

(see the answer key)

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