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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men spend their time in the boat?
(a) Discussing politics
(b) Playing bridge
(c) Fishing off the side
(d) Chipping away ice

2. Mortgaging the expedition means what?
(a) Agreeing to pay back the amount loaned or the ship could be repossessed
(b) Putting up the ship and supplies as collatoral
(c) Selling in advance the rights to whatever commercial exploitation the expedition might produce
(d) Putting the expedition into debt by buying supplies

3. What causes clashes in the camp?
(a) The lack of food
(b) Whether to stay on the ice floe or not
(c) The progress the men make with the sledges
(d) The various personalities

4. Toward the end of March, what land is sighted?
(a) Danger Islets
(b) Weddell Island
(c) Paulet Island
(d) Patience Islets

5. What date is assigned as an improbable return date for Shackleton?
(a) Late May
(b) Mid July
(c) Early October
(d) Mid December

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men realize on their first morning on the island?

2. What do the men need to do almost constantly in the boat?

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

4. What exception does Shackleton make to the two-pound personal gear rule?

5. The men find that their final cask of water is tainted with what?

(see the answer key)

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