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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What resumes as the light returns?
(a) Seal hunting
(b) Dances
(c) Thickening ice
(d) Chicken roasts

3. What exception does Shackleton make to the two-pound personal gear rule?
(a) A banjo
(b) A saxaphone
(c) A piano
(d) A drum

4. How much personal gear can each man take?
(a) Two pounds
(b) Fifteen pounds
(c) Seven pounds
(d) Ten pounds

5. How many boats do the men take with them on the sledges?
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) None
(d) One

Short Answer Questions

1. Who works on the ship's three boats?

2. Before Shackleton renamed her Endurance, what was his ship known as?

3. Mortgaging the expedition means what?

4. What game do the men play in camp?

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

(see the answer key)

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